Heterogeneous IS Resources Acquisition: A Case Study

Abstract

Combined with the deep case study of Wahaha, this paper probe into the issue of enterprise heterogeneous information systems(IS) resources acquisition. And the findings show: learning by doing and learning by using are the effective approaches for the enterprise to acquire the heterogeneous IS human capital; initiative is crucial to acquire heterogeneous IS partnership; the preferred contractor is the important model for the enterprises to acquire the heterogeneous IS infrastructure. These findings not only enrich the theory of IS resources, but also expand the scope of existing research.