An empirical analysis of technical efficiency: The role of it intensity and competition

Information Systems Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 561-578

  Chang, Young Bong ^a   Gurbaxani, Vijay ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business value of IT; Competition; Economics of IS; Productivity; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENTS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BUSINESS VALUE OF IT; ECONOMICS OF IS; GENERALIZED METHOD OF MOMENTS; HETEROGENEOUS MARKETS; PERFECT COMPETITION; PRODUCTIVITY IMPACTS; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

COMPETITION;

EID: 84885157098     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1120.0438     Document Type: Article

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