MANAGING INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMPETENCE FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 134-142

  Bhatt, Ganesh D ^a  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

firm performance; intensity of organizational learning; IS competence; IT infrastructure; IT business expertise; relationship infrastructure

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INFORMATION USE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM COMPETENCE; INTENSITY OF ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; IT BUSINESS; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; IT-BUSINESS EXPERTISE; MANAGING INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; RELATIONSHIP INFRASTRUCTURE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 77951705966     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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