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Effects of Information Technology Capabilities on Strategic Alliances: Implications for the Resource‐Based View
Author(s) -
Lioukas Constantinos S.,
Reuer Jeffrey J.,
Zollo Maurizio
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/joms.12179
Subject(s) - alliance , contingency , business , context (archaeology) , resource (disambiguation) , value (mathematics) , resource based view , industrial organization , corporate governance , knowledge management , strategic alliance , information technology , equity (law) , marketing , computer science , competitive advantage , political science , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , finance , machine learning , law , biology , computer network , operating system
This paper adopts a contingency approach to the resource‐based view (RBV) of the firm and seeks to establish boundary conditions for the value of certain information technology (IT) capabilities. We first identify inter‐organizational alliances as a specific strategy context in which IT capabilities are particularly valuable. We then consider more detailed boundary conditions that can shape the value of these capabilities within the alliance context. Our study shows that firms with better IT capabilities can derive greater value from an alliance, yet this effect also varies across different types of alliances depending on an individual alliance's characteristics. Specifically, IT capabilities are more valuable for alliances with a non‐equity governance structure, as well as those involving a high degree of interdependence between partners. We highlight the implications of our findings for opportunities to advance the RBV.