How information systems help create OM capabilities: Consequents and antecedents of operational absorptive capacity

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 409-431

  Setia, Pankaj ^a   Patel, Pankaj C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental complexity; Information systems capabilities; Operational absorptive capacity; Strategic IT alignment; Tobin's Q

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DIGITAL STORAGE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; STATISTICAL TESTS; SURVEYS;

BUSINESS - IT ALIGNMENTS; COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLEXITY; IT ALIGNMENT; MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS; OPERATIONAL ABSORPTIVE CAPACITIES; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TOBIN'S Q;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84885953821     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2013.07.013     Document Type: Article

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