SHAPING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES INFRASTRUCTURES IN THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY: CASES ON THE ROLE OF IT COMPETENCIES

Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 364-377

  Butler, Thomas ^a   Murphy, Ciaran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

commitment; competitive advantage; distinctive competence; information technology; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

NEWSPRINT;

COMMITMENT; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; DISTINCTIVE COMPETENCE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS; IT COMPETENCIES; KNOWLEDGE; NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE; THEORETICAL MODELING;

COMPETITION;

EID: 78649243909     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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