Information technology investments and organizational productivity and performance: An empirical investigation

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-202

  Mahmood, M Adam ^a   Mann, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Economic analysis; Information technology investment; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644542474     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327744joce1503_1     Document Type: Review

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