An empirical investigation of the relationship of IS strategy with firm performance

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 419-437

  Leidner, Dorothy E ^a   Lo, Janice ^a   Preston, David ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambidexterity; Firm performance; IS Ambidextrous; IS Conservative; IS innovation; IS Innovator; IS performance; IS strategy; IS Undefined

Indexed keywords

AMBIDEXTERITY; FIRM PERFORMANCE; IS AMBIDEXTROUS; IS CONSERVATIVE; IS INNOVATIONS; IS INNOVATOR; IS PERFORMANCE; IS STRATEGY; IS UNDEFINED;

INDUSTRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 82955227455     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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