HOW IT CREATES BUSINESS VALUE: A PROCESS THEORY SYNTHESIS

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1995

Volumn , Issue , 1995, Pages 29-41

  Soh, Christina ^a   Markus, M Lynne ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

BUSINESS VALUE; CAUSE-EFFECT; IT INVESTMENTS; PROCESS THEORY; PROCESS-MODELS; THEORETICAL MODELING; VALUE OF IT;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 85043807606     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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