The effect of organizational factors on the business value of it: Universalistic, contingency, and configurational predictions

Information Systems Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 304-320

  Fink, Lior ^a   Sukenik, Einat ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Configurational theory; Contingency theory; Fit; It business value; It infrastructure capability; Organizational factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855762214     PISSN: 10580530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10580530.2011.610276     Document Type: Article

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