The impact of industry contextual factors on IT focus and the use of IT for competitive advantage

Information and Management

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 899-919

  Kearns, Grover S ^a   Lederer, Albert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Environmental uncertainty; Information intensity; Strategic information systems planning; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURVEYS;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES; ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; INFORMATION INTENSITY; STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS PLANNING (SISP); STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 2342649504     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2003.08.018     Document Type: Article

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