Firm Characteristics and Investments in Information Technology: Scale and Scope Effects

Information Systems Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-232

  Dewan, Sanjeev ^a   Michael, Steven C ^b   Min, Chung Ki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coordination; Diversification; Information Systems Strategy; Information Technology Investment; Scale and Scope

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

COORDINATION; DIVERSIFICATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS STRATEGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS; SCALE AND SCOPE;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 0032333787     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.9.3.219     Document Type: Article

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