Competitive environment and the relationship between IT and vertical integration

Information Systems Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 585-603

  Ray, Gautam ^a   Wu, Dazhong ^b   Konana, Prabhudev ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination costs; Demand uncertainty; Industry concentration; Information technology; Production costs; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTEGRATION; INVESTMENTS;

COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT; COMPUSTAT; COORDINATION COSTS; DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; IT INVESTMENTS; PRODUCTION COST; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953704847     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1080.0202     Document Type: Article

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