Information technology adoption for service innovation practices and competitive advantage: The case of financial firms

Information Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Chen, J S ^a   Tsou, H T ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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