Do e-business strategies matter? the antecedents and relationship with firm performance

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 283-296

  Koo, Chulmo ^a   Song, Jaeki ^b   Kim, Yong Jin ^c   Nam, Kichan ^d  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; E business model; Environmental factors; Firm performance

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPETITIVE STRATEGY; E-BUSINESS MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FIRM PERFORMANCE;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 34250194663     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-006-9008-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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