The Impact of Information Systems on Organizations And Markets

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 59-73

  Gurbaxani, Vijay ^a   Whang, Seungjin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS - SPECIAL PURPOSE APPLICATION; DECISION THEORY AND ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SCIENCE - INFORMATION USE; TECHNOLOGY - ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

AGENCY COSTS; AGENCY THEORY; DECISION RIGHTS; ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT; TRANSACTION COSTS ECONOMICS;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0025723587     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/99977.99990     Document Type: Article

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