Research Report: A Reexamination of IT Investment and the Market Value of the Firm - An Event Study Methodology

Information Systems Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 103-117

  Im, Kun Shin ^a   Dow, Kevin E ^a   Grover, Varun ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Event Study; Firm Size Effect; IT Announcements; IT Impacts; Market Value; Organizational Performance; Stock Price Reaction; Stock Volume Reaction

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; FINANCE; FINANCIAL MARKETS;

EVENT STUDIES; FIRM SIZE; IT ANNOUNCEMENTS; IT IMPACT; MARKET VALUES; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; STOCK PRICE; STOCK VOLUME REACTION;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 0035589482     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.12.1.103.9718     Document Type: Article

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