How Real-time Integration of Business Processes by Information Systems affect Sustainable Competitiveness

Abstract

In recent years, information systems have been widely used by many companies, but not only IT that constitutes the information system is rapidly evolving, but also commoditization rapidly progresses. Therefore, it is expected that the more contributes the information system on the competitiveness, the more difficult to maintain competitiveness against imitation by other companies. Even in such a business environment, a few leader companies maintain high competitiveness within the industry by pursuing real-time integration of business activities through the path dependent improvement of the information system and utilizing rapidly evolving IT.