An examination of the trade-off between internal and external IT capabilities

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-23

  Nevo, Saggi ^a   Wade, Michael R ^a   Cook, Wade D ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complementarities; Data envelopment analysis; Institutional theory; IT capabilities; IT consultants; Microeconomic theory; Resource based view; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELEPHONE SETS;

INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; IT CAPABILITIES; IT CONSULTANTS; MICROECONOMIC THEORY; RESOURCE BASED VIEW; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34147212391     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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