Development of a measure for the information technology infrastructure construct

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-109

  Lewis, Bruce R ^a   Byrd, Terry Anthony ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct dimensions; Construct measurement; Factor analysis; Information technology infrastructure, ITI

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442303690     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000449     Document Type: Article

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