Configuring Capabilities for Integrated Solutions: Evidence from the IT Sector

Federica Ceci and Andrea Prencipe

Industry and Innovation, 2008, vol. 15, issue 3, 277-296

Abstract: This paper investigates the way that firms' environmental context and organizational structure influence their strategic choices and lead to different capabilities configurations. Drawing on contingency theory and the resource-based view, we explore integrated solutions—an emerging business model in which firms bundle products and services—in the IT sector, which is a particularly appropriate context due to its novelty, high-technology characteristics and implications for capabilities development. This study contributes to research and practice by identifying how organizational and environmental/market factors co-evolve with firms' strategy and how firms' distinct strategic decisions lead to differences in capabilities configurations.

Keywords: Capabilities; integrated solutions; IT sector; contingency theory; resource-based view (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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