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

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Mata, FJ; Fuerst, WL; Barney, JB
• 署名单位: University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
• 刊物名称: MIS QUARTERLY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0276-7783
• DOI: 10.2307/249630
• 发表日期: 1995
• 页码: 487-505
• 关键词: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; CORPORATE-STRATEGY; systems; integration; INNOVATION; ECONOMICS; imitation; rents

摘要

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.