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1、Organizational levell Strategic nature of ITl IT and organizational competitive advantagel Theoretical explanationIndividual levell Information/Knowledge intensity of ITl IT and individual performancel Theoretical explanation Although, on average, investments in information technology produce return

2、s far above those returned by other investments, there is considerable variation across firms.In contemporary systems there is a growing interdependence between a firms information systems and its business capabilities. Changes in strategy, rules, and business processes increasingly require changes

3、in hardware, software, databases, and telecommunications. Often, what the organization would like to do depends on what its systems will permit it to do.5l Investing in information technology does not guarantee good returnsl Considerable variation in the returns firms receive from systems investment

4、sl Factors: Adopting the right business model Investing in complementary assets (organizational and management capital) Prentice Hall 20116 Complementary assets: Assets required to derive value from a primary investment Firms supporting technology investments with investment in complementary assets

5、receive superior returns e.g., invest in technology and the people to make it work properly Prentice Hall 20117 Complementary assets include: Organizational assets, e.g. Appropriate business model Efficient business processes Managerial assets, e.g. Incentives for management innovation Teamwork and

6、collaborative work environments Social assets, e.g. The Internet and telecommunications infrastructure Technology standards Prentice Hall 20118 Justifying some critical complementary assets in a specific research context: Organizational assets Managerial assets Social assets Prentice Hall 20119 Reso

7、urce-based View: Organizational competitive advantage generates from its special resources Underlying mechanism: resource capability performance IT can be seen as the critical resource Prentice Hall 201110However, IT per se can not guarantee competitive advantage Lee (2007)For reading: Sambamurthy e

8、t al. (2003) Peng et al. (2011)Nature of knowledge workers task: information/knowledge sensitiveNature of information technology: media for information/knowledgeImpacts onPerformanceTask-TechnologyFitTaskCharacteristicsTechnologyCharacteristicsSource: Thompson (1995) Justifying some critical charact

9、eristics of task and technology in some new research context: Task characteristics Technology characteristics Prentice Hall 201116OPTIONALlBharadwaj, A. “A Resource-Based Perspective on Information Technology Capability and Firm Performance: An Empirical Investigation.” MIS Quarterly, 1989, Vol. 13,

10、 No. 3. pp. 319-340.CompulsorylSambamurthy, V. Bharadwaj, A. Grover, V. “Shaping Agility through Digital Options: Reconceptualizing the Role of Information Technology in Contemporary Firms” MIS Quarterly, 2003, Vol. 27, No. 2. pp. 237-263.lSubmitting a reading report with no less than 1000 words. Proposing some complementary assets with regard to a specific organi