Imagen de Portada

Information technology and sustained competitive advantage: A resource-based analysis

The concept of IT as a powerful competitive weapon has been strongly emphasized in the literature, yet the sustainability of the competitive advantage provided by IT applications is not well-explained. This work discusses the resource-based theory as a means of analyzing sustainability and develops...

Descripción completa

Autores Principales: Mata, Francisco, Fuerst, William, Barney, Jay B.
Formato: Artículo
Idioma: Inglés
Publicado: MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems 2018
Materias:
Competitive advantage IT resources Resource-based theory
Acceso en línea: https://www.doi.org/10.2307/249630
http://hdl.handle.net/11056/14558
id RepoUNACR14558
recordtype dspace
spelling RepoUNACR145582021-11-09T20:50:50Z Information technology and sustained competitive advantage: A resource-based analysis Mata, Francisco Fuerst, William Barney, Jay B. Competitive advantage IT resources Resource-based theory The concept of IT as a powerful competitive weapon has been strongly emphasized in the literature, yet the sustainability of the competitive advantage provided by IT applications is not well-explained. This work discusses the resource-based theory as a means of analyzing sustainability and develops a model founded on this resource-based view of the firm. This model is then applied to four attributes of IT - capital requirements, proprietary technology, technical IT skills, and managerial IT skills - which might be sources of sustained competitive advantage. From this resource-based analysis, we conclude that managerial IT skills is the only one of these attributes that can provide sustainability. 2018-09-18T16:21:58Z 2018-09-18T16:21:58Z 1995-12 http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 https://www.doi.org/10.2307/249630 http://hdl.handle.net/11056/14558 en MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems
institution Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
collection Repositorio UNA-Costa Rica
language Inglés
topic Competitive advantage IT resources Resource-based theory
spellingShingle Competitive advantage IT resources Resource-based theory
Mata, Francisco
Fuerst, William
Barney, Jay B.
Information technology and sustained competitive advantage: A resource-based analysis
description The concept of IT as a powerful competitive weapon has been strongly emphasized in the literature, yet the sustainability of the competitive advantage provided by IT applications is not well-explained. This work discusses the resource-based theory as a means of analyzing sustainability and develops a model founded on this resource-based view of the firm. This model is then applied to four attributes of IT - capital requirements, proprietary technology, technical IT skills, and managerial IT skills - which might be sources of sustained competitive advantage. From this resource-based analysis, we conclude that managerial IT skills is the only one of these attributes that can provide sustainability.
format Artículo
author Mata, Francisco
Fuerst, William
Barney, Jay B.
author_sort Mata, Francisco
title Information technology and sustained competitive advantage: A resource-based analysis
title_short Information technology and sustained competitive advantage: A resource-based analysis
title_full Information technology and sustained competitive advantage: A resource-based analysis
title_fullStr Information technology and sustained competitive advantage: A resource-based analysis
title_full_unstemmed Information technology and sustained competitive advantage: A resource-based analysis
title_sort information technology and sustained competitive advantage: a resource-based analysis
publisher MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems
publishDate 2018
url https://www.doi.org/10.2307/249630
http://hdl.handle.net/11056/14558
_version_ 1796096115297222656
score 12.231669

Ejemplares similares