Corporate Governance and returns on information technology investment: Evidence from an emerging market

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 595-623

  Ho, Joanna L Y ^a   Wu, Anne ^b   Xu, Sean Xin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

board independence; firm performance; firm size; foreign ownership; industry competitiveness; IT investment

Indexed keywords

BOARD INDEPENDENCE; FIRM PERFORMANCE; FIRM SIZE; FOREIGN OWNERSHIP; IT INVESTMENTS;

COMPETITION; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79953778657     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.886     Document Type: Article

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