Information technology effects on firm performance as measured by Tobin's q

Management Science

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1008-1024

  Bharadwaj, Anandhi S ^a   Bharadwaj, Sundar G ^a   Konsynski, Benn R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY; PRODUCTIVITY;

BUSINESS VALUE OF INFORMATION; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INTANGIBLE VALUE; TOBIN Q RATIO;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0032635023     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.45.7.1008     Document Type: Article

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