The more, the merrier? How the number of partners in a standard-setting initiative affects shareholder's risk and return1

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 445-462

  Aggarwal, Nitin ^a   Dai, Qizhi ^b   Walden, Eric A ^c  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Event study; Returns on IT investment; Risk of IT investment; Standard; Standard setting; Standardization

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; FINANCIAL MARKETS; INVESTMENTS; SHAREHOLDERS; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS;

ABNORMAL RETURNS; EVENT STUDIES; GROUP MEMBERS; INDIVIDUAL RISKS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS; IT INVESTMENTS; RISK-ADJUSTED; STANDARD SETTING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80051756451     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/23044051     Document Type: Article

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