IS-enabled sustainable competitive advantage in financial services, retailing and manufacturing

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-59

  Griffiths, Gareth H ^a   Finlay, Paul N ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Contingency factors; Financial services; Manufacturing; Resource based view of the firm; Retailing; Survey research; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DATA ACQUISITION; FINANCE; INVESTMENTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CONTINGENCY FACTORS; FINANCIAL SERVICES; RETAILING; SUSTAINABILITY;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 2442688256     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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