Information technology relatedness, knowledge management capability, and performance of multibusiness firms

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 311-334

  Tanriverdi, Hüseyin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Coordination; Corporate performance; Diversification; IT relatedness; Knowledge management capability; Multibusiness firms; Synergy

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION USE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

COORDINATION; CORPORATE PERFORMANCE; DIVERSIFICATION; IT RELATEDNESS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY; MULTIBUSINESS FIRMS; SYNERGY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33646873190     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148681     Document Type: Article

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