The aim of this study is to research the relationship between IT resources, which are divided into four categories: IT infrastructure, IT technical skills, IT managerial skills, and IT-business partnership, and the competitive advantage of firms. | The relationship between information technology resources and competitive advantage in a sample of Algerian firms International Journal of Management IJM Volume 7 Issue 3 March-April 2016 pp. 191 212 Article ID IJM_07_03_018 Available online at http IJM JType IJM amp VType 7 amp IType 3 Journal Impact Factor 2016 Calculated by GISI ISSN Print 0976-6502 and ISSN Online 0976-6510 IAEME Publication THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN A SAMPLE OF ALGERIAN FIRMS BERRICH Abdelkader PhD in Economic Sciences Professor in High School of Commerce Algeria BENKADDOUR Abed Magister in Marketing PhD Student in Economic Sciences Faculty of Science Economic Management and Commerce Sciences University of Algiers 3 Algeria ABSTRACT The relationship between Information Technology IT resources and competitive advantage has been the academic focus of attention and debate issues. Although many researchers found that IT investments contribute to help firms gain competitive advantage there are still those who doubt like Solow the Solow Computer Paradox and Carr IT doesn t matter . The aim of this study is to research the relationship between IT resources which are divided into four categories IT infrastructure IT technical skills IT managerial skills and IT-business partnership and the competitive advantage of firms. Using data from 30 Algerian firms and the Pearson Coefficient the results indicate a significant positive relationship between IT resources and the competitive advantage. Furthermore the results show also a significant positive relationship between all categories of IT resources from one side and competitive advantage of firm from the other side. Finally the results show no significant relationship between firm s age type of industry and the competitive of firms. This work drives its importance from the multiple dimensions adopted in measuring IT resources and capabilities .
