Information technology and productivity: A comparison of Japanese and Asia-Pacific banks

Journal of High Technology Management Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 269-288

  Swierczek, Fredric William ^a   Shrestha, Pritam K ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific banks; Information technology; Japanese banks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037821808     PISSN: 10478310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8310(03)00025-7     Document Type: Article

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