Journal of Enterprise Information Management A survey on integrated IS and competitive advantage

Purpose – This paper aims to provide robust evidence of the “IT organizational assimilation capacity” mediating role and to propose a complementary model.Design/methodology/approach – Based on theoretical proposition that IT business value is generated by the deployment of IT and complementary organizational resources, a research model was developed and two hypotheses were proposed. These are tested with a survey from 466 top managers in Italian companies. The 466 questionnaires were analyzed in two steps. In the first step, a series construct validation using factor analysis was performed in order to validate the scales. In the second step, a series of analyses using linear regression was performed between the two independent variables and the dependent variable to validate the mediator function of the IT organizational assimilation capacity.Findings – Data suggest that most firms have not merged information system (IS) integration with the right complementary organizational resources. The findings also ...

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