TY - JOUR
T1 - Delineating IT Resources and Capabilities to Obtain Competitive Advantage and Improve Firm Performance
AU - Ashrafi, Rafi
AU - Mueller, John
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Sultan Qaboos University for providing financial support for this project through Grant# IG/CCE/INFS/06/01.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2015/1/2
Y1 - 2015/1/2
N2 - This article develops a research model of the relationships between IT resources, IT capabilities, IT competitive advantage, and the financial performance of an organization. This model is empirically tested with data collected from IT managers and executives in the U.S. The results suggest that while tangible IT resources offer little competitive advantage, intangible IT resources are positively associated with IT capabilities that ultimately lead to IT competitive advantage and the improved financial performance of the organization.
AB - This article develops a research model of the relationships between IT resources, IT capabilities, IT competitive advantage, and the financial performance of an organization. This model is empirically tested with data collected from IT managers and executives in the U.S. The results suggest that while tangible IT resources offer little competitive advantage, intangible IT resources are positively associated with IT capabilities that ultimately lead to IT competitive advantage and the improved financial performance of the organization.
KW - IT capabilities
KW - IT resources
KW - competitive advantage
KW - information technology
KW - resource-based view
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U2 - 10.1080/10580530.2015.983016
DO - 10.1080/10580530.2015.983016
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84920561847
SN - 1058-0530
VL - 32
SP - 15
EP - 38
JO - Information Systems Management
JF - Information Systems Management
IS - 1
ER -