Information technology and sustained competitive advantage: A resource-based analysis

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 487-504

  Mata, Francisco J ^a   Fuerst, William L ^a   Barney, Jay B ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; IT resources; Resource based theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349102515     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249630     Document Type: Article

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