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Generating competitive advantage through human capital and TI

There are strong controversies in relation to using Information Technology and the results of these investments. Does it result or not in competitive advantages? How to turn convergent human capital training with investments in Information Technology? Is it possible to create competitive advantages through the synchrony between these both factors? Supported in Porter's studies, whose conception was originally based from Paul Milgrom and John Roberts ideas, this paper suggests an innovation in administrative management based on this context, looking to show that investments in IT and human capital should be done together, under penalty of occurring loss of efficiency in the process, and therefore frustration with the obtained results.

Human capital; information technology; competitive advantage; knowledge management and services


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