The effects of inter-firm cost correlation, IT investment, and product cost accuracy on production decisions and firm profitability

Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-78

  Callahan, Carolyn M ^a   Gabriel, E Ann ^b   Smith, Rodney E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical modeling; Cournot market; IT investment; Profitability; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052857971     PISSN: 08887985     EISSN: 15587959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/jis.2009.23.1.51     Document Type: Article

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