A survey on integrated IS and competitive advantage

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-214

  Morabito, Vincenzo ^a   Themistocleous, Marinos ^b,c   Serrano, Alan ^d  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business development; Competitive advantage; Information systems; Integration; Italy

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649088387     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410391011019778     Document Type: Article

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