Business intelligence and organizational learning: An empirical investigation of value creation processes

Information and Management

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 38-56

  Fink, Lior ^a   Yogev, Nir ^a   Even, Adir ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Business intelligence (BI); Business value; Exploration and exploitation; Organizational learning; Resource based view (RBV)

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS VALUE; CONFIRMATORY ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; VALUE CREATION PROCESS;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 85006707425     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2016.03.009     Document Type: Article

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