A framework for investigating the impact of IT capability and organisational capability on firm performance in the late industrialising context

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 209-229

  Li, Eldony ^a,d   Chen, Ja Shen ^b,e,f   Huang, Yuan Ho ^b,c,f,g,h,i  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Asia Pacific Decision Sciences Institute   (Taiwan)

^f International Consortium of Electronic Business ^*  (Taiwan)

^g Chinese Enterprise Resource Planning Society (CERPS)   (China)

^h Library Association of Republic of China   (China)

ⁱ CHUNG CHOU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dynamic capability; Firm performance; Information synergy; Innovativeness; IT capability; Organisational capability; Technological capability

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

DYNAMIC CAPABILITY; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION SYNERGY; INNOVATIVENESS; IT CAPABILITY; ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33745598526     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2005.09.045     Document Type: Article

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