The Internet, I.T.
Boom,
And Competitive Advantage
Bust, or
Balance
Presented for DDBA 8512: I.T. for Competitive Advantage
Dr. Chad McAllister, Instructor
Group A ~ Week 2-3 ~ Joy Carter, Group Leader
Assigned
Literature
Week 2-3 Resources & Articles
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Piccoli, G., & Ives, B. (2005). IT-dependent strategic initatves and sustained compettve advantage: A review and synthesis of the literature. MIS Quarterly, 29(4), 747–776. Retrieved from Business Source
Premier database
Oh, W., & Pinsonneault, A. (2007). On the assessment of the strategic value of informaton technologies:
Conceptual and analytcal approaches. MIS Quarterly, 31(2), 239–265. Retrieved from Academic Search
Premier database.
McAfee, A., & Brynjolfsson, E. (2008). Investng in the IT that makes a compettve difference. Harvard
Business Review, 86(7/8), 98–107. Retrieved from Business Source Premier database.
Sethi, V., & King, W. R. (1994). Development of measures to assess the extent to which an informaton technology applicaton provides compettve advantage. Management Science, (40)12, 1601–
1627. Copyright 1994 by Management Science. Reprinted by permission of Management
Science via the Copyright Clearance Center. Retrieved from ABI/INFORM Global database.
The Internet, I.T. and Competitive Advantage: Boom, Bust, or Balance
Assigned Literature, cont.
3
Week 2-3 Resource Articles
Barua, A., Konana, P., Whinston, A., & Yin, F. (2004). An empirical investgaton of net enabled business value.
MIS Quarterly, 28(4), 585–620. Copyright ©2004 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota.
Reprinted with Permission. Retrieved from ABI/INFORM Global database.
The Internet, I.T. and Competitive Advantage: Boom, Bust, or Balance
Synthesis of Assigned Literature
Central Concepts and Ideas
1. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
2. VALUE CHAIN
3. RESPONSE-LAG
Michael Porter relies on the
Porter (1985) defines the value
Piccoli & Ives discuss the
actvity-based theory of the firm
chain as the basic tool for
Bibliography: information technology application provides competitive advantage. Management Science, (40)12, 1601–1627