Organizational Culture, Information Technology Capability, and Performance: The Case of Born Global Firms

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 43-78

  Zhang, Man ^a   Tansuhaj, Patriya S ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Born global firms; Information technology capability; Organizational culture; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993087711     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X200700012     Document Type: Review

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