Competitive advantage from mandatory investments: An empirical study of Australian firms

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-45

  Krell, Katharina ^a   Matook, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business case; Competitive advantage; Internal contractual arrangement; IT investments; Post implementation review; Regulatory compliance; Strategic IS planning

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FORMAL METHODS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BUSINESS CASE; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; INTERNAL CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT; IT INVESTMENTS; POST-IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW; STRATEGIC IS PLANNING;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 61849106010     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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