Resource-Based View of Information Systems: Sustainable and Transient Competitive Advantage Perspectives

Authors

• Gaurav Gupta, Indian Institute of Management CalcuttaFollow
• Kevin Tee Liang Tan, Swinburne University of TechnologyFollow
• Yaw Seng Ee, Swinburne University of TechnologyFollow
• Cynthia Su Chen Phang, Swinburne University of TechnologyFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

Gaurav Gupta https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9737-9824
Kevin Tee Liang Tan
Yaw Seng Ee
Cynthia Su Chen Phang

Document Type

Research Notes on revisiting concepts and theories in IS

Abstract

The resource-based view (RBV), or resource-based theory, is one of the oldest and most influential theories in the field of information systems. This paper contends that it is timely to revisit, reflect on, and reposition RBV to ensure its continued disciplinary relevance and progress. In doing so, this paper (i) provides a succinct and sharp evaluation of the conventional RBV of information systems that firms use to establish sustainable competitive advantage, and (ii) makes an original contribution by introducing a contemporary RBV of information systems that firms can use to establish transient competitive advantage. Both these contributions should advance the current and future understanding of information systems as (a) an internal firm resource, (b) a source of competitive advantage, and (c) a driver of firm performance.

Recommended Citation

Gupta, Gaurav; Tan, Kevin Tee Liang; Ee, Yaw Seng; and Phang, Cynthia Su Chen (2018) "Resource-Based View of Information Systems: Sustainable and Transient Competitive Advantage Perspectives," The Australasian Journal of Information Systems: Vol. 22: No. 1, Article 30.
DOI: 10.3127/ajis.v22i0.1657
Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/ajis/vol22/iss1/30