This study proposes a model to examine the relationship between the heterogeneity in the board's IT capital and firm innovation, and the role played by the firm's IT absorptive capacity and environmental dynamism in this relationship. Drawing from theories in corporate governance, organizational learning and innovation literatures, we argue that heterogeneity in the board's human and social IT capital will positively influence firm innovation. Moreover, while environmental dynamism, we posit,

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... ll positively moderate this relationship, the effect of IT absorptive capacity on it will be curvilinear in nature. By introducing the high-level concept of board IT capital and studying its impact on innovation, a previously unexplored relationship, we contribute to the growing stream of IS literature that investigates the effects of board level IT governance on firm performance. Data sources are identified, and measures are suggested for capturing the constructs proposed in our research model.