A comprehensive investigation on the relationship between information technology investments and firm diversification

Information Technology and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 169-180

  Liu, Yu ^a   Ravichandran, T ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic diversification; IT investment; Organizational control; Product diversification; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249165431     PISSN: 1385951X     EISSN: 15737667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10799-008-0042-1     Document Type: Article

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