The influence of firm specific context on realizing information technology business value in manufacturing industry

International Journal of Accounting Information Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 353-362

  Yao, Lee J ^a   Liu, Chunhui ^b   Chan, Siew H ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative productivity; Contingency theory; Firm context; Firm performance; Firm size; Industry type; Information technology spending; IT business value; Labor productivity; Value added; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649481766     PISSN: 14670895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accinf.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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