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IT Assets, Organizational Capabilities and Firm Performance: Do Resource Allocations and Organizational Differences Explain Performance Variation?

Despite evidence of a positive relationship between IT investments and firm performance, results still vary across firms and performance measures.

By Sinan Aral and Peter Weill

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IT Assets, Organizational Capabilities and Firm Performance: Do Resource Allocations and Organizational Differences Explain Performance Variation?

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