Competitive advantage in the ERP system´s value-chain

Using the resource-based view, we present a set of propositions related to enterprise resource planning (ERP) development, reflections on competitive advantage and the different roles that stakeholders play in the value-chain. This has the goal of building a foundation for future research on ERPs and how stakeholders´ desire to achieve competitive advantage influence ERP development, especially when it comes to development of a more standardised or precustomised ERP system. The propositions also act as a foundation for increasing our knowledge concerning the difficulty in developing improved ERP systems.