Information technology resources and business performance: An Australian context

Asia Pacific Management Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-426

  Phama, Thi Lien ^a   Jordanb, Ernest ^b  

^a Vietnam National University   (Viet Nam)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business performance; IT capability; IT human resources; IT resources; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953670165     PISSN: 10293132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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