Host country resource availability and information system control mechanisms in multinational corporations: An empirical test of resource dependence theory

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 11-28

  Rao, Madhu T ^a   Brown, Carol V ^b   Perkins, William C ^b  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation; Control mechanisms; Multinational; Resource dependence

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONTROL MECHANISM; INFORMATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE DEPENDENCE THEORY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 38349168980     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222230402     Document Type: Article

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