Strategic profiles and Internet Performance: An empirical investigation into the development of a strategic Internet system

Information and Management

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 455-468

  Apigian, Charles H ^a   Ragu Nathan, Bhanu S ^b   Ragu Nathan, T S ^c  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyzers; Defenders; Internet Performance; Internet use; Prospectors; Strategic profiles

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INTERNET PERFORMANCE; INTERNET USE; PROSPECTORS; STRATEGIC PROFILES;

INTERNET;

EID: 33747756869     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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