Big data analytics and firm performance: Effects of dynamic capabilities

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 70, Issue , 2017, Pages 356-365

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

^a TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big data analytics; Big data analytics capability; Business values; Firm performance; Process oriented dynamic capabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994378449     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.08.009     Document Type: Article

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