Paradox lost? Firm-level evidence on the returns to information systems spending

Management Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 541-558

  Brynjolfsson, Erik ^a   Hitt, Lorin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Information Technology; IS Budgets; Production Function; Productivity; Software

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346788758     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.42.4.541     Document Type: Article

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