Toward the development of a big data analytics capability

Information and Management

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1049-1064

  Gupta, Manjul ^a   George, Joey F ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big data analytics; Capability; Firm performance; Formative constructs; Instrument development; Resource based theory

Indexed keywords

BIG DATA; COMPETITION; DATA ANALYTICS;

CAPABILITY; FIRM PERFORMANCE; FORMATIVE CONSTRUCTS; INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE-BASED THEORY;

ADVANCED ANALYTICS;

EID: 84997354287     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2016.07.004     Document Type: Article

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