The role of IS capabilities in delivering sustainable improvements to competitive positioning

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-116

  Doherty, Neil F ^a   Terry, Mark ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KSI Technologies (UK) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Improved competitive positioning; IS capabilities; Pluralistic research approaches; Resource based view; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

IMPROVED COMPETITIVE POSITIONING; IS CAPABILITIES; PLURALISTIC RESEARCH APPROACHES; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; SUSTAINABILITY;

COMPETITION; INVESTMENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RESEARCH;

EID: 67650713311     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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