The Strategic Use of Information Resources: An Exploratory Study

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 293-305

  King, William R ^a   Grover, Varun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

COMPETITIVE STRATEGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0026254774     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: 15580040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.97436     Document Type: Article

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