Environmental Factors, Managerial Processes, and Information Technology Investment Strategies

Decision Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 537-574

  Ravichandran, T ^a   Liu, Yu ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental Determinism; IT Investment Strategy; Managerial Processes; Strategic Choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960848937     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2011.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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