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Information Technology and Competitive Advantage: The Role of the Ownership Structure

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: This paper analyses the relationship between information technology use (IT) and competitive advantage. Previous empirical research shows that IT improves competitive advantage when it acts together with some human or managerial resources of an intangible nature. In this work we propose a new complementary resource to IT: democratic ownership structure. We empirically analyse whether ownership structure and IT have a positive, combined impact on competitive advantage. Results show that ownership structure is a key element in explaining competitive advantage differences. Nonetheless, we did not find any IT-ownership structure complementary effect.

Source: Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Authors: Sebastián Bruque-Cámara, José Moyano Fuentes, María Jesús Hernández Ortiz, Alfonso Vargas Sánchez

Language: English

Topic: Information Technology Governance and Strategy

Subfield: Management Information Systems

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1495790329

FWCI: 0.537

Cites: 33

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10