IT capabilities, interfirm performance, and the state of economic development

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1231-1247

  Patrakosol, Buraj ^a   Lee, Sang M ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Business performance; Communication technologies; Cross cultural studies; Thailand; United States of America

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY; THAILAND; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 79952423756     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570911002298     Document Type: Article

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