Differential effects of IT investments: Complementarity and effect of GDP level

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 508-516

  Kim, Yong Jin ^a   Kang, Hyunjeong ^b   Lawrence Sanders, G ^c   Tom Lee, Sang Yong ^d  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hardware; Internal spending; IT investment; Knowledge; Performance; Resource based view; Software

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECONOMICS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

INTERNAL SPENDING; IT INVESTMENTS; KNOWLEDGE; PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 54949143504     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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