Asset characteristics and the impact of it on firm scope and performance

ICIS 2006 Proceedings - Twenty Seventh International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 393-406

  Ray, Gautam ^a   Xue, Ling ^a   Gu, Bin ^a   Konana, Prabhudev C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Firm structure; Information technology; Intangible asset; Tangible asset; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

DIVERSIFICATION; INTANGIBLE ASSETS; PANEL DATA; TANGIBLE ASSETS; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTEGRATION;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84870227246     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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