The information system as a competitive weapon
Communications of the ACM - Special section on management of information systems
Information systems for sustainable competitive advantage
Information and Management
McKesson Drug Company: a case study of Economost—a strategic information system
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special Issue: Decision Support and Knowledge-based Systems
Developing capabilities to use information strategically
MIS Quarterly
Airline reservations systems: lessons from history
MIS Quarterly
Information and Management
Asset stock accumulation and sustainability of competitive advantage
Management Science
In search of sustainability: Reaping long-term advantage from investments in information technology
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Rattling SABRE—new ways to compete on information
Harvard Business Review
Sustaining IT advantage: the role of structural differences
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on the strategic use of information systems
Process innovation: reengineering work through information technology
Process innovation: reengineering work through information technology
Shaping the future: business design through information technology
Shaping the future: business design through information technology
Added value and pricing with information technology
MIS Quarterly
Putting the enterprise into the enterprise system
Harvard Business Review
Information rules: a strategic guide to the network economy
Information rules: a strategic guide to the network economy
Enterprise resource planning: introduction
Communications of the ACM
Enterprise resource planning: cultural fits and misfits: is ERP a universal solution?
Communications of the ACM
A market-based perspective on information systems development
Communications of the ACM
Waves of Change: Business Evolution through Information Technology
Waves of Change: Business Evolution through Information Technology
Information Systems Research
Information Systems Research
Imitation of Complex Strategies
Management Science
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Strategic and competitive information systems
Strategic information systems planning: A case study from the financial services industry
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Why build a customer relationship management capability?
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Competitive Dynamics in Electronic Networks: A Model and the Case of Interorganizational Systems
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
RFID as enabler for the boundless real-time organisation: empirical insights from Germany
International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations
Realizing business value of agile IT applications: antecedents in the supply chain networks
Information Technology and Management
Information Technology and Management
Competitive advantage from mandatory investments: An empirical study of Australian firms
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
The Role of ERP Implementation in Enabling Digital Options: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
The role of IS capabilities in delivering sustainable improvements to competitive positioning
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
The Business Value of Process Sharing in Supply Chains: A Study of RosettaNet
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
The end of the information system life: a model of is discontinuance
ACM SIGMIS Database
The strategic value of IT insourcing: An IT-enabled business process perspective
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Information Systems Research
Research Commentary---Seeking the Configurations of Digital Ecodynamics: It Takes Three to Tango
Information Systems Research
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Core capabilities for practitioners in achieving e-business innovation
Computers in Human Behavior
Information systems resources and information security
Information Systems Frontiers
Implementing Service-Oriented Architecture in Organizations
Journal of Management Information Systems
Firm-level benefits of IT-enabled resources: A conceptual extension and an empirical assessment
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
An empirical investigation of the relationship of IS strategy with firm performance
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Path Dependence of Dynamic Information Technology Capability: An Empirical Investigation
Journal of Management Information Systems
Empirical research on information technology value
International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations
The synergistic effects of IT-enabled resources on organizational capabilities and firm performance
Information and Management
A cross-national comparison of perceived strategic importance of RFID for CIOs in Germany and Italy
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
A capabilities based toolkit for strategic information systems planning in SMEs
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Information Technology and Management
Information systems strategy: Past, present, future?
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
International Journal of Knowledge Management
A Critical Systems View of Power-Ethics Interactions in Information Systems Evaluation
Information Resources Management Journal
Information Technology Portfolio Management: Literature Review, Framework, and Research Issues
Information Resources Management Journal
Contrasting IT Capability and Organizational Types: Implications for Firm Performance
Journal of Organizational and End User Computing
Path Dependence of Dynamic Information Technology Capability: An Empirical Investigation
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Core versus peripheral information technology employees and their impact on firm performance
Decision Support Systems
Examining the role of information technology in cultivating firms' dynamic marketing capabilities
Information and Management
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The role of information systems in the creation and appropriation of economic value has a long tradition of research, within which falls the literature on the sustainability of IT-dependent competitive advantage. In this article, we formally define the notion of IT-dependent strategic initiative and use it to frame a review of the literature on the sustain- ability of competitive advantage rooted in information systems use. We offer a framework that articulates both the dynamic approach to IT-dependent strategic advantage currently receiving attention in the literature and the underlying drivers of sustainability. This framework models how and why the characteristics of the IT-dependent strategic initiative enable sustained competitive advantage, and how the determinants of sustainability are developed and strengthened over time. Such explanation facilitates the pre-implementation analysis of planned initiatives by innovators, as well as the post-implementation evaluation of existing initiatives so as to identify the basis of their sustainability. In carrying out this study, we examined the interdisciplinary literature on strategic information systems. Using a structured methodology, we reviewed the titles and abstracts of 648 articles drawn from information systems, strategic management, and marketing literature. We then examined and individually coded a relevant subset of 117 articles. The literature has identified four barriers to erosion of competitive advantage for IT-dependent strategic initiatives and has surfaced the structural determinants of their magnitude. Previous work has also begun to theorize about the process by which these barriers to erosion evolve over time. Our review reveals that significant exploratory research and theoretical development have occurred in this area, but there is a paucity of research providing rigorous tests of theoretical propositions. Our work makes three principal contributions. First, it formalizes the definition of IT-dependent strategic initiative. Second, it organizes the extant interdisciplinary research around an integrative framework that should prove useful to both research and practice. This framework offers an explanation of how and why IT-dependent strategic initiatives contribute to sustained competitive advantage, and explains the process by which they evolve over time. Finally, our review and analysis of the literature offers the basis for future research directions.