Impact of ICT Innovations on the Quality of Business Research Process in Higher Education Institutions

Information Communication Technology (ICT) influences the business process in ever increasing dimensions. It no exception that ICT has affected all forms of research domains and as such business research is no exception. Use of ICT has dynamically changed the business research process. Its role in transforming business research in higher education institutions(HEI's) needs to be analyzed thoroughly. The process of business research is a multifaceted process that results in making available data which is significant to the business process for being successful. Business research enables identification of potential customers, gauging competition and self-assessment. India aims at increasing its knowledge capital through genuine research that has practical implications. ICT development has been the one the core sector identified for infrastructure development in higher education institutions. The business research process is highly influenced by the collective pool of information available through ICT. This review paper aims to do the assess the impact of ICT on business research process in higher education institutions. The paper would focus on evaluating the contribution of the business research process in higher education through ICT. How substantive ICT has been in contributing to the effective research of business processes and how has it become indispensable to the process of research in business studies. The methodology used is an extensive exploratory study based on the higher institution where ICT has been implemented. The data is collected from various journals, websites, research based articles, etc.