Development of a Scale to Measure Information Technology Capability of Export-Focused SMEs in China

Contemporary thinking on organizational capability has been profoundly influenced by the resourcebased view of the firm (Barney, 1991; Eisenhardt & Schoovenhover, 1996; Peppard & Ward, 2004). The proponents of this view argue that firms possess costly-to-imitate capabilities (i.e., unique configurations of resources) that are regarded as the fundamental drivers of superior performance (Bharadwaj, Sambamurthy, & Zmud, 1999). While firm resources may be copied relatively easily, capabilities are more difficult to replicate because they are often tightly connected to the history, culture, and experience of the firm. Recent writings in the IS literature have examined the role of information absTRaCT