An Information Company in Mexico: Extending the Resource-Based View of the Firm to a Developing Country Context

Information Systems Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 342-361

  Jarvenpaa, Sirkka L ^a   Leidner, Dorothy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Case Study; Computing in Developing Countries; Information Industry; International IS; Mexico; Network Analysis; Resource Based View

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; FOREIGN COMPETITORS; INFORMATION INDUSTRY; ME-XICO; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM; STRATEGIC FORESIGHT;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0032250053     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.9.4.342     Document Type: Article

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