IT competency and firm performance: Is organizational learning a missing link?

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 745-761

  Tippins, Michael J ^a   Sohi, Ravipreet S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology competency; Knowledge management; Organizational learning; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; MANAGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPETENCY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; RESOURCE BASED VIEW;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0041842449     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.337     Document Type: Article

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