Leveraging geographic and information technology scope for superior performance: An exploratory study in international banking

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 175-200

  Peffers, Ken ^a   Tuunainen, Virpi Kristiina ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Financial services industry; Geographic scope; IT scope; IT Geographic Scope Matrix; Strategic information systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035414913     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8687(01)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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