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

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1995-12

Authors

Mata, Francisco
Fuerst, William
Barney, Jay B.

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MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Abstract

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.

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Competitive advantage IT resources Resource-based theory

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