A critical examination of information technology strategic variables from developing countries’ perspective: The case of banking industry

Journal of African Business

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 7-31

  Eze, Ezegozie ^a  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Banking; Competitive advantage; Developing country; Information technology; Nigeria; Strategic variables

Indexed keywords

BANKING INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NIGERIA;

BANKING; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0034759201     PISSN: 15228916     EISSN: 15229076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J156v02n03_02     Document Type: Article

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