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Information Technology, Core Competencies and Sustained Competitive Advantage

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  • Terry A. Byrd

    (Auburn University, USA)

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The value of information technology (IT) in today’s organizations is constantly debated. Researchers and practitioners have examined organizations to try to discover causal links between competitive advantage and IT. This paper presents and details a model that depicts a possible connection between competitive advantage and IT. Furthermore, this paper attempts to show how one major component of the overall IT resources, the IT infrastructure, might yield sustained competitive advantage for an organization. More precisely, IT infrastructure flexibility is examined as an enabler of "core competencies" that have been closely related to sustained competitive advantage in the research literature. The core competencies enabled by IT that are the focus of this study are mass customization and time-to-market. By showing that IT infrastructure flexibility acts as an enabler of these competencies, the relationship to sustained competitive advantage is demonstrated.

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  • Terry A. Byrd, 2001. "Information Technology, Core Competencies and Sustained Competitive Advantage," Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ), IGI Global, vol. 14(2), pages 27-36, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:rmj000:v:14:y:2001:i:2:p:27-36
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    1. Shim, Seonyoung & Lee, Byungtae & Kim, Sojung Lucia, 2018. "Rival precedence and open platform adoption: An empirical analysis," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 38(1), pages 217-231.
    2. Fogliatto, Flavio S. & da Silveira, Giovani J.C., 2008. "Mass customization: A method for market segmentation and choice menu design," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 111(2), pages 606-622, February.
    3. Prasad, Acklesh & Green, Peter & Heales, Jon, 2012. "On IT governance structures and their effectiveness in collaborative organizational structures," International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Elsevier, vol. 13(3), pages 199-220.
    4. Prasad, Acklesh & Heales, Jon & Green, Peter, 2010. "A capabilities-based approach to obtaining a deeper understanding of information technology governance effectiveness: Evidence from IT steering committees," International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Elsevier, vol. 11(3), pages 214-232.

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