Information technologies in business: A blueprint for education and research

Information Systems Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-141

  Dhar, Vasant ^a   Sundararajan, Arun ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business transformation; Business value; Corporate strategy; Decision making; Digital goods; Disruptive technology; Education; Electronic commerce; IT investment; IT strategy; MBA core; Network economics; Platform; Social networks

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INVESTMENTS; NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUSINESS TRANSFORMATIONS; BUSINESS VALUE; CORPORATE STRATEGIES; DIGITAL GOODS; DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY; IT INVESTMENTS; IT STRATEGIES; MBA CORE; NETWORK ECONOMICS; PLATFORM;

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

EID: 61349102507     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1070.0126     Document Type: Article

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