Modelling quality dynamics, business value and firm performance in a big data analytics environment

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 2017, Pages 5011-5026

  Ji fan Ren, Steven ^a   Fosso Wamba, Samuel ^b,c   Akter, Shahriar ^d   Dubey, Rameshwar ^e   Childe, Stephen J ^f  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NEOMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e Punjab Agricultural University   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

analytics; big data; business values; firm performance; information quality; system quality

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICS; BUSINESS VALUE; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION QUALITY; SYSTEM QUALITY;

BIG DATA;

EID: 84961197705     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2016.1154209     Document Type: Article

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