TY - SER AU - Mata, Francisco J. AU - Fuerst, William L. AU - Barney, Jay B. TI - Information technology and sustained competitive advantage: a resource-based analysis KW - COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE KW - RESOURCE-BASED THEORY KW - IT RESOURCES N1 - The concept of IT as a powerful competitive weapon has been strongly emphasized in the literature, yet the sustainability of the competitive advantage provided by IT applications is not well-explained. This work discusses the resource-based theory as a means of analyzing sustainability and develops a model founded on this resource-based view of the firm ER -