Resource-based approach to IT shared services in a manufacturing firm

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-270

  Goh, Mark ^a   Prakash, Satya ^b   Yeo, Roland ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Solectron   (United States)

^c KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Case studies; Information technology led strategy; Resource management

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CASE STUDIES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY-LED STRATEGY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION SERVICES;

EID: 33947104124     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570710723831     Document Type: Article

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