Sustainable competitive advantage through information technology competence: Resource-based view on small and medium enterprises

Innovation and Knowledge Management in Business Globalization: Theory and Practice - Proceedings of the 10th International Business Information Management Association Conference

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2008, Pages 57-65

  Ong, J W ^a   Ismail, Hishamuddin Bin ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ICT competence; Resource based view; SMES

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ICT COMPETENCES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENTS; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SMES; SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 80054861374     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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