A four-dimensional view of IT business value

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-284

  Cao, Guangming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Holistic approach; IT business value; Organizational factors; Pairwise relationship

Indexed keywords

FIRM PERFORMANCE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; IT BUSINESS; IT BUSINESS VALUES; IT IMPACT; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; PAIRWISE RELATIONSHIP; RESEARCH DOMAINS;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); RESEARCH;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77953523107     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.1015     Document Type: Article

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