A contingency model for the allocation of media content in publishing companies

Information and Management

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 492-502

  Benlian, Alexander ^a   Hess, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Content allocation; Contingency theory; Distribution; Infrastructure management; Integration; Path analysis; Publishing industry

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ALLOCATION; CONTINGENCY THEORY; INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT; PATH ANALYSIS; PUBLISHING INDUSTRY;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STANDARDIZATION;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 34447336396     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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