Exploring the relationship between information technology investments and firm performance using regression splines analysis

Information and Management

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Osei Bryson, Kweku Muata ^a   Ko, Myung ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; IT investments; Multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS); Productivity; Productivity paradox; Regression splines

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; INVESTMENTS; MANAGERS; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

IT INVESTMENTS; MULTIVARIATE ADAPTIVE REGRESSION SPLINES (MARS); PRODUCTIVITY PARADOX; REGRESSION SPLINES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 4544346933     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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