Effect of ITC on the international competitiveness of firms

Management Decision

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1045-1061

  Peña Vinces, Jesús C ^a   Cepeda Carrión, Gabriel ^a   Chin, Wynne W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Competitive strategy; Developing countries; Exporting; Globalization; Industrial sectors; Information technologies and communications; International competitiveness; Internationalization; Peru

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863477994     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741211238328     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Abereijo, I.O., Adegbite, S.A., Ilori, M.O., Adeniyi, A.A. and Aderemi, H.A. (2009), "Technological innovation sources and institutional supports for manufacturing small and medium enterprises in Nigeria" in Journal of Technology Management and Innovation, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 82-9.
2. Barney, J. (1996), "The resource-based theory of the firm" in Organization Science, Vol. 7, No. 5, p. 469.
3. Barroso, C., Cepeda, G. and Roldán, J.L. (2010), "Applying maximum likelihood and PLS on different sample sizes: studies on SERVQUAL model and employee behavior model", Handbook of Partial Least Squares: Concepts, Methods and Applications, Springer, New York, NY.
4. Belso-Martínez, J.A. (2006), "Why are some Spanish manufacturing firms internationalizing rapidly? The role of business, and institutional international networks" in Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 207-26.
5. Carmines, E.G. and Zeller, R.A. (1979), Reliability and Validity Assessment, Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, CA, Sage University Paper Series on Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences.
6. Casanova, L. (2004), "East Asian, European, and North American multinational firm strategies in Latin America" in Business and Politics, Vol. 6, No. 1, p. 1074.
7. Chen, R.S., Shyu, J.Z. and Tzeng, G.H. (2009), "The policy of high-tech industry development: the case of location assessment for biotech. Industry parks in Taiwan" in Review of Policy Research, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 589-606.
8. Chin, W.W. (1998), "The partial least squares approach to structural equation modeling" Marcoulides, G.A. (Ed.), Modern Methods for Business Research, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ.
9. Cho, J.Y., Leem, C.S. and Shin, K.T. (2007), "The relationships among manufacturing innovation, competitiveness, and business performance in the manufacturing industries of Korea" in The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 38, Nos 7/8, pp. 840-50.
10. Cuervo-Cazurra, A. (2008), "The multinationalization of developing country MNEs: the case of multilatinas" in Journal of International Management, Vol. 14, pp. 138-54.
11. D'Cruz, J.R. and Rugman, A.M. (1992), "Business networks for international competitiveness" in Business Quarterly, Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 101-7.
12. Drucker, P. (2003), La empresa en la sociedad que se viene, Ediciones Urano, Barcelona.
13. Dunning, J.H. and Lundan, S.M. (1998), "The geographical sources of competitiveness of multinational enterprises: an econometric analysis" in International Business Review, Vol. 7, pp. 115-33.
14. Elenurm, T. (2007), "International competitiveness and organizational change drivers anticipated by Estonian managers in the context of European integration" in Baltic Journal of Management, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 305-18.
15. Eraqi, M.I. (2006), "IT as a means for enhancing competitive advantage" in Anatolia, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 25-42.
16. Fahy, J. (2002), "A resource-based analysis of sustainable competitive advantage in a global environment" in International Business Review, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 57-77.
17. Falk, R.F. and Miller, N.B. (1992), A Primer for Soft Modeling, The University of Akron, Akron, OH.
18. Flor, M. and Oltra, M.J. (2005), "The influence of firms' technological capabilities on export performance in supplier-dominated industries: the case of ceramic tiles firms" in R&D Management, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 333-47.
19. Fornell, C. and Larcker, D.F. (1981), "Evaluating structural equation models with unobservable variables and measurement error" in Journal of Marketing Research, Vol. 18, pp. 39-50.
20. Hao-Sung, J. (2003), "The role of information technology in international competitiveness: Taiwan's experience", dissertation, Library and Archive Canada.
21. Hatch, N. and Dyer, J. (2004), "Human capital and learning as a source of sustainable competitive advantage" in Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 25, pp. 1155-78.
22. Jarvenpaa, S.L. and Leidner, D.E. (1998), "An information company in Mexico: extending the resource-based view of the firm to a developing country context" in Information Systems Research, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 342-61.
23. Jones, M. and Crack, D. (2001), "High-technology firms' perceptions of their international competitiveness" in Strategic Change, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 129-38.
24. Lee, R.P., Chen, C.H., Kim, D. and Johnson, J.L. (2008), "Knowledge transfer between multinational corporations' headquarters and their subsidiaries: influences on and implications for new product outcomes" in Journal of International Marketing, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 1-31.
25. Lefebvre, E.C., Lefebvre, L.A. and Bourgault, M. (1998), "R&D-related capabilities as determinants of export performance" in Small Business Economics, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 365-77.
26. Lohmöller, J. (1989), Latent Variable Path Modelling with Partial Least Squares, Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg.
27. López, J. and García, R. (2005), "Technology and export behavior: a resource-based view approach" in International Business Review, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 539-57.
28. Mesquita, L.F. and Lazzarini, S.G. (2008), "Horizontal and vertical relationships in developing economies: implications for SMEs' access to global markets" in Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 51, pp. 359-80.
29. Meyer, K.E., Estrin, S., Bhaumik, S.K. and Peng, M.W. (2009), "Institutions, resources, and entry strategies in emerging economies" in Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 30, pp. 61-80.
30. Mincetur (2006), "Peruvian Ministry of Tourism and Commerce", available at: www.mincetur.gob.pe (accessed May 6, 2006).
31. Mosleh, F. and Shannak, R.O. (2009), "The effective utilization of information and communication technology and its impact on competitive advantage" in European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 302-14.
32. Nadvi, K. (1999), "Collective efficiency and collective failure: the response of the Sialkot surgical instrument cluster to global quality pressures" in World Development, Vol. 27, No. 9, pp. 1605-26.
33. Nunnally, J. (1978), Psychometric Theory, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.
34. Okoli, C.H., Mbarika, V.W.A. and McCoy, S. (2010), "The effects of infrastructure and policy on e-business in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa" in European Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 5-20.
35. Pla-Barber, J. (2001), "The internalization of foreign distribution and production activities: new empirical evidence from Spain" in International Business Review, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 455-74.
36. Porter, M.E. (1998), On Competition, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA.
37. Powell, T.C. and Dent-Micallef, A. (1997), "Information technology as competitive advantage: the role of human, business, and technology resources" in Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 375-405.
38. Real, J.C., Leal, A. and Roldán, J.L. (2006), "Information technology as a determinant of organizational learning and technological distinctive competencies" in Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 35, pp. 505-21.
39. Roberts, N. and Thatcher, J. (2009), "Conceptualizing and testing formative constructs: tutorial and annotated example" in Database for Advances in Information Systems, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 9-39.
40. Toppinen, A., Toivonen, R., Mutanen, A., Goltsev, A. and Tatti, A. (2007), "Sources of competitive advantage in woodworking firms of Northwest Russia" in International Journal of Emerging Markets, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 383-94.
41. Wheeler, C., Ibeh, K. and Dimitratos, P. (2008), "UK export performance research: review and implications" in International Small Business Journal, Vol. 26, pp. 207-39.
42. Wold, H. (1979), "Model construction and evaluation when theoretical knowledge is scarce: an example of the use of partial least squares", Faculté des Sciences Economiques et Sociales, Université de Genève, Genèva, Cahiers du Département d'Économétrie.
43. Zeng, S.X., Xie, X.M., Tam, C.M. and Wan, T.W. (2008), "Competitive priorities of manufacturing firms for internationalization: an empirical research" in Measuring Business Excellence, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 44-55.
44. Zou, S., Andrus, D.M. and Norvell, D.W. (1997), "Standardization of international marketing strategy by firms from a developing country" in International Marketing Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 107-23.