CREATING BUSINESS VALUE THROUGH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: THE EFFECTS OF CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER AND TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM CHARACTERISTICS

Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 195-208

  Armstrong, Curtis P ^a   Sambamurthy, V ^b  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE; BUSINESS PROCESS; BUSINESS STRATEGY; BUSINESS VALUE; CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER; FIELD STUDIES; TEAM CHARACTERISTIC; TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT; TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS; VALUE CHAINS;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85138719157     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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