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KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
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Resource-Based View:
A theory that states
valuable, rare, and imitable resources are needed
to sustain competitive advantage.
Institutional Theory:
A new perspective that
views organizational practices and policies as
legitimate and rational efforts to maintain com-
petitive advantage.
Tactical Green IT Strategy:
Green IT strategy
with its principal focus on cost reduction.
Strategic Proactive Green IT Strategy:
Green IT strategy that places emphasis on more
advanced IT infrastructure investments, where
IS human and organizational capital is the key
resource in the creation of more competitive
advantage.
Sustained Green IT Strategy:
Green IT
strategy to integrate different resource types with
the key resource is the IS social relationship, and
allows for long-term sustainable competitive
advantage.
Path Dependency Theory:
A theory that
explains how a set of current decisions is limited
by the decisions one has made in the past.
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