Exploring the Important Role of Organizational Factors in IT Business Value: Taking a Contingency Perspective on the Resource-Based View

International Journal of Management Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-46

  Wiengarten, Frank ^a   Humphreys, Paul ^b   Cao, Guangming ^c   Mchugh, Marie ^b  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84871158692     PISSN: 14608545     EISSN: 14682370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2012.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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