AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RETURNS: THE ROLE OF IT AND MARKET STRUCTURE AS DETERMINANTS OF EFFICIENCY

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 849-862

  Chang, Young Bong ^a   Gurbaxani, Vijay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

efficiency; IT returns; productivity paradox

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; INVESTMENTS; PRODUCTIVITY;

EFFICIENCY GAIN; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; IT INVESTMENTS; IT RETURN; IT STRUCTURES; MARKET STRUCTURES; PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY PARADOX; SERVICE SECTORS; TRADE SECTORS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 33749684866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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