Resource or capability? A dissection of SMEs' it infrastructure flexibility and its relationship with it responsiveness

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-53

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Li, Han ^b   Ziegelmayer, Jennifer L ^c  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD   (United States)

^c DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

It infrastructure flexibility; It responsiveness; Resource based theory; Small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

Indexed keywords

DIRECT IMPACT; FOUR DIMENSIONS; INDUSTRIAL DATUM; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; IT RESPONSIVENESS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; RESOURCE-BASED THEORY; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; HARDWARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 73349126981     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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