Information technology capability and firm performance: Contradictory findings and their possible causes

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 305-326

  Chae, Ho Chang ^a   Koh, Chang E ^b   Prybutok, Victor R ^b  

^a WEST LIBERTY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm performance; IT business value; IT capability; IW 500

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; FIRM PERFORMANCE; IT BUSINESS VALUES; IT CAPABILITIES; IW 500; PROPRIETARY INFORMATION; WEB TECHNOLOGIES;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84944878604     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2014/38.1.14     Document Type: Article

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