The impact of capabilities and prior investments on online channel commitment and performance

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 109-142

  Hulland, John ^a   Wade, Michael R ^b   Antia, Kersi D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

B2C e commerce; Commitment; Distribution channel; E tail; IT capabilities; Online firm performance; Resource based view; Retailing

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INNOVATION; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL; ONLINE CHANNEL;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 38349093266     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222230406     Document Type: Article

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