The productivity impact of information technology across competitive regimes: The role of industry concentration and dynamism

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 229-242

  Melville, Nigel ^a   Gurbaxani, Vijay ^b   Kraemer, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Concentration; Dynamic capabilities; Dynamism; Industry structure; Information technology; IT business value; Productivity

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRY DYNAMISM; INDUSTRY STRUCTURE; IT BUSINESS VALUE;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 33846048446     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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