Firm-level benefits of IT-enabled resources: A conceptual extension and an empirical assessment

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-418

  Nevo, Saggi ^a   Wade, Michael ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business value of IT; Environmental turbulence; Inimitability; IT enabled resources; Rarity; Resource based view of the firm; Scale development; Systems theory; Value

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS VALUE; INIMITABILITY; IT-ENABLED RESOURCES; RARITY; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM; SCALE DEVELOPMENT; VALUE;

INDUSTRY; RESEARCH; SYSTEM THEORY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 82955247665     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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