The value of configurational approaches for studying digital business strategy

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 205-224

  Park, YoungKi ^a   El Sawy, Omar A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Digital business strategy; Digital ecodynamics; Equifinality; FsQCA; IT systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981516243     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X(2013)0000038013     Document Type: Chapter

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