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Information Technology Resources, Capabilities and IT-Enabled Competencies

T. Ravichandran, Chalermsak Lertwongsatien

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There is a growing debate whether Information Technology can be a source of sustained competitive advantage. This paper investigates this issue by examining IT’s role in producing competitive advantage through firm resources, capabilities, and competencies. The paper synthesizes the IT and strategy literatures and presents a resource-based view of how IT could be a source of sustained competitive advantage.

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There is a growing debate whether Information Technology can be a source of sustained competitive advantage. This paper investigates this issue by examining IT’s role in producing competitive advantage through firm resources, capabilities, and competencies. The paper synthesizes the IT and strategy literatures and presents a resource-based view of how IT could be a source of sustained competitive advantage.

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There is a growing debate whether Information Technology can be a source of sustained competitive advantage. This paper investigates this issue by examining IT’s role in producing competitive advantage through firm resources, capabilities, and competencies. The paper synthesizes the IT and strategy literatures and presents a resource-based view of how IT could be a source of sustained competitive advantage.

Key concepts: Competitive advantage, Competitor analysis, Industrial organization, Resource-based view, Business, Disadvantage, Resource (disambiguation), Information technology

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