Information Technology and Firm Boundaries: Evidence from Panel Data

Information Systems Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 134-149

  Hitt, Lorin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Diversification; Firm boundaries; Hierarchies; Information technology; Markets; Transaction costs; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MARKETING;

DIVERSIFICATION; FIRM BOUNDARIES; HIERARCHIES; TRANSACTION COST; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

INTEGRATION;

EID: 0033420384     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.10.2.134     Document Type: Article

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