Chapter 15
S.Rivard, L.Raymond and D. Verreault
IT AND ORGANIZATIONAL
PERFORMANCE-RESOURCE-BASED VIEW
AND COMPETITIVE STRATEGY : AN
INTEGRATED MODEL OF THE
CONTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY TO FIRM PERFORMANCE
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical foundations
2.1 The market driven perspective
2.2 The resource-based view
2.3 A perspective of complementarity
Figure 15.1 Resource-based view and competitive strategy-an integrated model (Spanos and Lioukas,2001)
Figure 15.2 Strategic alignment from a dual perspective (adapted from Henderson and Venkatraman,1999).
3 An integrated model of the contribution of IT to firm performance
Figure 15.3 Research model.
4 Research method
5 Results and discussion
Figure 15.4 Confirmatory factor analysis of IT support for strategy.
Figure 15.5 Confirmatory factor analysis of IT support for firm assets.
5.1 Assessment of construct validity
5.1.1 IT support for strategy
5.1.2 IT support for firm assets
5.1.3 Industry forces, market performance, and profitability
5.2 Assessment of the measurement model
Figure 15.6 Results of testing the research model (PLS,n=96).
Table 15.1 Reliability, convergent and discriminant validity of the research constructs
5.3 Assessment of the theoretical model
5.3.1 Relationship between IT support for strategy and industry forces
5.3.2 Relationship between industry forces and performance
5.3.3 Relationship between IT support for strategy and performance
5.3.4 Relationship between IT support for firm assets and performance
5.3.5 Relationship between IT support for firm assets and IT support for strategy
5.3.6 Total effect of IT support for strategy and IT support for firm assets on performance
5.4 Implications, limitations, and future research
Appendix A:Descriptive statistics of the research variables