Effects of information technology failures on the market value of firms

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 66-79

  Bharadwaj, Anandhi ^a   Keil, Mark ^b   Mähring, Magnus ^c,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^d Ecole de Management de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

Event study; IT failure; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

CURRENT SYSTEM; EVENT STUDIES; EVENT STUDY; FINANCIAL IMPACTS; FIRM VALUE; IT FAILURE; MARKET VALUES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; NEW SYSTEM; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM; STOCK PRICE;

COMMERCE; WINDOWS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 67650732665     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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