Relating information technology investment to organizational performance: A causal model analysis

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Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-56

  Marshall, T E ^a   Byrd, Terry A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology investments; Investment performance analysis; Organizational strategic and economic performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031071428     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0305-0483(96)00040-0     Document Type: Article

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