The Impact of E-Commerce Announcements on the Market Value of Firms

Information Systems Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-154

  Subramani, Mani ^a   Walden, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business to Business; Business to Consumer; Digital Goods; Electronic Commerce; Event Study; Market Value; Resource Based View; Tangible Goods

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; FINANCE; INVESTMENTS; SHAREHOLDERS;

BUSINESS TO BUSINESS; BUSINESS TO CONSUMER; DIGITAL GOODS; EVENT STUDIES; MARKET VALUES; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; TANGIBLE GOODS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 0035595781     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.12.2.135.9698     Document Type: Article

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