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Information Technology and Competitive Advantage in Small Firms
Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Series
Authors: Webb Brian, Schlemmer Frank
Language: EnglishSubjects for Information Technology and Competitive Advantage in...:
Keywords
Dynamic Capabilities; dynamic; Ricardian Rents; capabilities; Strategic Assets; strategic; Asset Immobility; asset; Schumpeterian Rents; ricardian; Strategic Management Literature; rents; Firm Performance; performance; Schumpeterian Hypothesis; management; Dynamic Capabilities Framework; literature; Economic Rents; schumpeterian; Schumpeterian Economic Theory; Schumpeter’s Theory; Asset Heterogeneity; Business Processes; Dynamic Capability View; SOA; RBV Research; RBV; Web Services; Business Resources; Superior Firm Performance; Negative Relationships; Schumpeter’s Vision; Resource Based Theory; Circular Flow
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Add to cart the print on demand of Webb Brian, Schlemmer FrankPublication date: 07-2008
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Publication date: 03-2015
· 13.8x21.6 cm · Paperback
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Does Information Technology matter? This book argues that even as Information Technology hardware, software, data and associated processes are becoming more of a commodity, it has never been more important to manage Information Technology as a strategic asset. However, managing Information Technology as a strategic asset is notoriously difficult, as is studying the impact of Information Technology on firm performance. This book sets out to identify, explain and critically evaluate current research in this area.
A unique feature of this book is the use of economic theory to explain management theory and its consequences in professional practice. Beginning with a thorough introduction to Schumpeterian economic theory, the authors re-cast the pre-eminent theory in strategic management research (the Resource Based View) in the light of a Schumpeterian analysis and identify Dynamic Capabilities as an extension of, but also a radical departure from, RBV. The role of Information Technology as an endogenous technology is discussed and it is argued that how we define Information Technology determines not only how we study it but also how we use it and benefit from it.
The book is aimed primarily at the academic research market, but should also be of some interest to managers. It is useful more specifically for all those studying business, Information Technology, strategy, management and innovation.
1. Introduction
2. IT and Economic Theory
3. IT and Management Theory
4. IT and the Creation of Ricardian Rents
5. IT and the Creation of Schumpeterian Rents
6. Conclusions
Brian Webb is Senior Lecturer at Queen’s University Management School, Belfast.
Frank Schlemmer is the owner and manager of a number of small independent retail companies based in Germany and holds a doctorate from Queen’s University Management School, Belfast.