Organizational applications of IT innovation and firm's competitive performance: A resource-based view and the innovation diffusion approach

• Published in: Journal of engineering and technology management Vol. 35; pp. 25 - 44
• Main Authors: Wu, Ing-Long, Chiu, Mai-Lun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.01.2015; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Competitive performance; Diffusion; Diffusion index; Diffusion theory; Dynamic tests; Dynamics; Empirical analysis; Evolutionary; Information technology; Innovation; Innovation diffusion theory; Innovations; IT innovation; Links; Management; Resource-based view; Studies; Competitive performance; IT innovation; Innovation diffusion theory; Resource-based view

The resource-based view (RBV) argues for IT innovation capabilities as being valuable resources for competitive performance. It is characterized by three types for its applications, IT unit, intra-organization, and inter-organization. The three types are an evolutionary concept across time. Innovati...