IS planning autonomy in US subsidiaries of multinational firms

Information and Management

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1021-1036

  Mirchandani, Dinesh A ^a   Lederer, Albert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Autonomy; Corporate governance theory; IS Planning; Multinational firms

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; INTEGRATED CONTROL; INVESTMENTS; MANAGERS; MANUFACTURE; MARKETING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AGENCY THEORY; AUTONOMY; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE THEORY; IS PLANNING; MULTINATIONAL FIRMS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 4344686026     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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