How do IT capabilities create strategic value? Toward greater integration of insights from reductionistic and holistic approaches

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-33

  Fink, Lior ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

competitive advantage; configurational theory; IT capabilities; IT strategic value; resource based view

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CONFIGURATIONAL THEORY; IT CAPABILITIES; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; STRATEGIC VALUES;

COMPETITION;

EID: 78651319325     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2010.53     Document Type: Article

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