Information Technology and Sustained Competitive Advantage: A Resource-Based Analysis

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1995Author
Mata, Francisco J.
Fuerst, William L.
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MIS Quarterly
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Article
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Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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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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This is the published version. Copyright 1995 MIS Quarterly.
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Mata, Francisco J., William L. Fuerst, and Jay B. Barney. "Information Technology and Sustained Competitive Advantage: A Resource-Based Analysis." MIS Quarterly 19.4 (1995): 487. Web.
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