INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 481-492

  Ashworth, Michael J ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Tridas ^a   Argote, Linda ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

business value of information technology; information technology; Organizational learning; process level analysis; productivity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BUSINESS VALUE; BUSINESS VALUE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LEARN+; LEARNING THEORY; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PROCESS LEVELS; PROCESS-LEVEL ANALYSE; TECHNOLOGY LEARNING; VALUE OF INFORMATION;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84869988850     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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