Relating benefits from using IS to an organization's operating characteristics: Interpreting results from two countries

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 175-194

  Ragowsky, Arik ^a,b,c   Stern, Myles ^b,d,e   Adams, Dennis A ^f,g  

^a Dept of Info Syst and Mfg ^*  (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^g TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information economics; Information technology value; International information systems; Manufacturing systems; Organizational operating characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034434746     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2000.11518270     Document Type: Article

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