Information technology and business value in a global economy: Do information technology investments pay off in a developing economy?

14th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 333-343

  Prasad, Acklesh ^a   Heales, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business value two layer model; Developing economies; Firm processes; IT investments; Performance

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; FIRM PROCESS; IT INVESTMENTS; PERFORMANCE; TWO LAYER MODEL;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84870308675     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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