The competitive impact of information technology: Can commodity IT contribute to competitive performance?

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 616-628

  Piccoli, Gabriele ^a   Lui, Tsz Wai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

competitive advantage; IT dependent strategic initiatives; strategic agility; strategic information systems; sustainable competitive advantage

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INFORMATION USE;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; STRATEGIC AGILITY; STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC INITIATIVE; SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84908703576     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2013.20     Document Type: Article

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