Risk and return of information technology initiatives: Evidence from electronic commerce announcements

Information Systems Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 370-394

  Dewan, Sanjeev ^a   Ren, Fei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; IT event study; IT risk; Risk and return; Risk effects; Wealth effects

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INVESTMENTS; RISK PERCEPTION;

EVENT STUDIES; IT INVESTMENTS; SYSTEMATIC RISK; TIME FRAME; TRADE OFF; WEALTH EFFECTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 38549105750     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1070.0120     Document Type: Article

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