How does bond market view it investments of firms? An empirical analysis of bond ratings and yield spread

International Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 713-730

  Kim, Keongtae ^a   Mithas, Sunil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bond market; Credit rating; IT investments; IT strategic role; Yield spread

Indexed keywords

BOND MARKETS; CREDIT RATINGS; IT INVESTMENTS; IT STRATEGIC ROLES; YIELD SPREAD;

COMMERCE; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84884636016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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