Digital options theory for IT capability investment

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 422-453

  Sandberg, Johan ^a   Mathiassen, Lars ^b   Napier, Nannette ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital options; Information requirements; IT capability investments; IT strategy; Process innovation

Indexed keywords

MANAGERS; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

'CURRENT; DIGITAL OPTION; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION REQUIREMENT; INVESTMENTS IN IT; IT CAPABILITIES; IT CAPABILITY INVESTMENT; IT STRATEGIES; PROCESS INNOVATION; RECENT RESEARCHES;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84905011675     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00365     Document Type: Article

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