The contribution of enterprise systems to core capabilities: the case of asset lifecycle management in the utilities sector

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dc.contributor.advisorAdam, Frédéricen
dc.contributor.advisorButler, Thomasen
dc.contributor.authorWoodworth, Simon
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-09T13:04:59Z
dc.date.available2015-01-10T05:00:05Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.submitted2013
dc.description.abstractThe desire to obtain competitive advantage is a motivator for implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems (Adam & O’Doherty, 2000). However, while it is accepted that Information Technology (IT) in general may contribute to the improvement of organisational performance (Melville, Kraemer, & Gurbaxani, 2004), the nature and extent of that contribution is poorly understood (Jacobs & Bendoly, 2003; Ravichandran & Lertwongsatien, 2005). Accordingly, Henderson and Venkatraman (1993) assert that it is the application of business and IT capabilities to develop and leverage a firm’s IT resources for organisational transformation, rather than the acquired technological functionality, that secures competitive advantage for firms. Application of the Resource Based View of the firm (Wernerfelt, 1984) and Dynamic Capabilities Theory (DCT) (Teece and Pisano (1998) in particular) may yield insights into whether or not the use of Enterprise Systems enhances organisations’ core capabilities and thereby obtains competitive advantage, sustainable or otherwise (Melville et al., 2004). An operational definition of Core Capabilities that is independent of the construct of Sustained Competitive Advantage is formulated. This Study proposes and utilises an applied Dynamic Capabilities framework to facilitate the investigation of the role of Enterprise Systems. The objective of this research study is to investigate the role of Enterprise Systems in the Core Dynamic Capabilities of Asset Lifecycle Management. The Study explores the activities of Asset Lifecycle Management, the Core Dynamic Capabilities inherent in Asset Lifecycle Management and the footprint of Enterprise Systems on those Dynamic Capabilities. Additionally, the study explains the mechanisms by which Enterprise Systems sustain the Exploitability and the Renewability of those Core Dynamic Capabilities. The study finds that Enterprise Systems contribute directly to the Value, Exploitability and Renewability of Core Dynamic Capabilities and indirectly to their Inimitability and Non-substitutability. The study concludes by presenting an applied Dynamic Capabilities framework, which integrates Alter (1992)’s definition of Information Systems with Teece and Pisano (1998)’s model of Dynamic Capabilities to provide a robust diagnostic for determining the sustained value generating contributions of Enterprise Systems. These frameworks are used in the conclusions to frame the findings of the study. The conclusions go on to assert that these frameworks are free - standing and analytically generalisable, per Siggelkow (2007) and Yin (2003).en
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dc.identifier.citationWoodworth, S. J. F. 2013. The contribution of enterprise systems to core capabilities: the case of asset lifecycle management in the utilities sector. PhD Thesis, University College Cork.en
dc.identifier.endpage372
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/1300
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity College Corken
dc.rights© 2013, Simon J. F. Woodworthen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectResource based viewen
dc.subjectEnterprise systemsen
dc.subjectEnterprise resource planningen
dc.subjectAsset managementen
dc.subjectDynamic capabilities theoryen
dc.subject.lcshBusiness planningen
dc.subject.lcshManagement information systemsen
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dc.titleThe contribution of enterprise systems to core capabilities: the case of asset lifecycle management in the utilities sectoren
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen
dc.type.qualificationnamePHD (Business Information Systems)en
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