The impact of information technology on coordination costs: Implications for firm productivity

Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 133-146

  Shin, Namchul ^a  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination costs; Information processing; Information technology; IS budgets; Production function; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COSTS; DATA PROCESSING; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY;

COORDINATION COSTS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; IT PRODUCTIVITY; PRODUCTION FUNCTION; THEORETICAL SPECULATION;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 84988840950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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