Information and Management
Information and Management
Management strategies for information technology
Management strategies for information technology
In search of sustainability: Reaping long-term advantage from investments in information technology
Journal of Management Information Systems
Sustaining IT advantage: the role of structural differences
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on the strategic use of information systems
Strategic data planning: lessons from the field
MIS Quarterly
The art of strategic planning for information technology: crafting strategy for the 90s
The art of strategic planning for information technology: crafting strategy for the 90s
Shaping the future: business design through information technology
Shaping the future: business design through information technology
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on IS curricula and pedagogy
Beyond the productivity paradox
Communications of the ACM
Leveraging the new infrastructure: how market leaders capitalize on information technology
Leveraging the new infrastructure: how market leaders capitalize on information technology
SIGCPR '99 Proceedings of the 1999 ACM SIGCPR conference on Computer personnel research
Wellsprings of Knowledge: Building and Sustaining the Sources of Innovation
Wellsprings of Knowledge: Building and Sustaining the Sources of Innovation
Corporate Information Systems Management: Text and Cases
Corporate Information Systems Management: Text and Cases
Information Systems Research
Information Systems Research
Executives' perceptions of the business value of information technology: a process-oriented approach
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special issue: Impacts of information technology investment on organizational performance
Journal of Management Information Systems
Information Technology Competence of Business Managers: A Definition and Research Model
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Information Technology, Production Process Outsourcing, and Manufacturing Plant Performance
Journal of Management Information Systems
Competitive Dynamics in Electronic Networks: A Model and the Case of Interorganizational Systems
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Evaluating Internet technologies business effectiveness
Telematics and Informatics
Managing the diffusion of organizational learning behavior
Information Systems Frontiers
The role of IS capabilities in delivering sustainable improvements to competitive positioning
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
IT outsourcing and firm-level performance: A transaction cost perspective
Information and Management
Differential Effects of the Two Types of Information Systems: A Hospital-Based Study
Journal of Management Information Systems
Strategic practices by clicks-and-bricks and pure-play audio webcasters
Telematics and Informatics
From IT deployment capabilities to competitive advantage: An exploratory study in China
Information Systems Frontiers
Organizational impact of system quality, information quality, and service quality
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
IT infrastructure capabilities and IT project success: a development team perspective
Information Technology and Management
Combining transaction cost and resource-based insights to explain IT implementation outsourcing
Information Systems Frontiers
Organizational Learning and Capabilities for Onshore and Offshore Business Process Outsourcing
Journal of Management Information Systems
Maximizing the positive influence of IT for improving organizational performance
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Path Dependence of Dynamic Information Technology Capability: An Empirical Investigation
Journal of Management Information Systems
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Analyzing e-business value creation from a resource-based perspective
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Information Technology and Management
Success factors for deploying cloud computing
Communications of the ACM
CASE-mediated organizational and deutero learning at NASA
Information Systems Frontiers
Are New IT-Enabled Investment Opportunities Diminishing for Firms?
Information Systems Research
International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations
Architecting Enterprises for IT-enabled Value Creation Part 1
International Journal of Green Computing
Architecting Enterprises for IT-Enabled Value Creation: Part 2
International Journal of Green Computing
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
Journal of Global Information Management
Inter-Organizational IT Capability in China: An Empirical Analysis of Dimensions and Influences
Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations
Organizational Learning and Capabilities for Onshore and Offshore Business Process Outsourcing
Journal of Management Information Systems
Path Dependence of Dynamic Information Technology Capability: An Empirical Investigation
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications
The influence of user affect in online information disclosure
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Modeling business capabilities and context dependent delivery by cloud services
CAiSE'13 Proceedings of the 25th international conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering
Commodity or competitive advantage? Analysis of the ERP value paradox
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
Developing Organizational Agility through IT and Supply Chain Capability
Journal of Global Information Management
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During the past two decades, both business managers and academic researchers have shown considerable interest in understanding how information technologies (IT) help to create competitive advantage for a firm. While recently the idea of competitive differentiation through IT has been challenged, this study contrasts the traditional thinking about competitive advantage with the resource-based view. Specifically, it is argued that by demarcating specific types of capabilities, we can contribute to better understanding of the sources of IT-based competitive advantage. Conceptually, we distinguish here between value, competitive, and dynamic capabilities as three distinct types of capabilities. Within each type, we identify specific capabilities, such as quality of the IT infrastructure, IT business experience, relationship infrastructure, and intensity of organizational learning, and present a model that describes relationships between these capabilities and competitive advantage. We then empirically test the model using data collected via a national mail survey from chief IT executives from 202 manufacturing firms. While the quality of the IT infrastructure is hypothesized as a value capability and expectedly did not have any significant effect on competitive advantage, the quality of IT business expertise and the relationship infrastructure (competitive capabilities) did. The results of the study also indicate that the intensity of organizational learning (dynamic capability) was significantly related to all of the capabilities. These results point to the importance of delineating capabilities such as relationship infrastructure that can facilitate differentiation in the marketplace, and dynamic capabilities such as organizational learning as an important antecedent to IT capability building.