Information technology payoff in E-Business environments: An international perspective on value creation of E-Business in the financial services industry

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-54

  Zhu, Kevin ^a   Kraemer, Kenneth ^a   Xu, Sean ^a   Dedrick, Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business value; Cross country comparison; Electronic business; Electronic commerce; Financial services industry; Firm performance; Information technology investment; Technology diffussion; Technology organization environment frame work

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; FINANCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

BUSINESS VALUE; COMPETITION INTENSITY; CROSS COUNTRY COMPARISON; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY; FIRM PERFORMANCE; FIRM SIZE; GLOBAL SCOPE; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TECHNOLOGY READINESS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 3142729903     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2004.11045797     Document Type: Article

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