Introducing IT-enabled business flexibility and IT integration in the acquirer's M&A performance equation

International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 907-927

  Benitez Amado, Jose ^a   Ray, Gautam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business flexibility; Dynamic capability; IT infrastructure flexibility; IT integration capability; M and A

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS RESOURCES; COMMON STRATEGY; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; IT INTEGRATION CAPABILITIES; M AND A;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84886462392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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