IT capabilities and innovation performance: The mediating role of market orientation

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-148

  Wang, Yi ^a   Chen, Yang ^b   Nevo, Saggi ^c   Jin, Jiafei ^b   Tang, Guiyao ^d   Chow, Wing S ^e  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Innovation performance; IT capabilities; Market orientation; Survey research volume

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

BUSINESS EXECUTIVES; CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS; CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; IT CAPABILITIES; MARKET ORIENTATION; MEDIATING ROLES; SURVEY RESEARCH;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84890515651     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.03309     Document Type: Article

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