Identifying the value and importance of an information system application

Information and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-102

  Ragowsky, Arik ^a   Ahituv, Niv ^b,c   Neumann, Seev ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit of information system application; Impact of information; Levels of complexity and uncertainty; Organizational characteristics; Organizational objective

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001946005     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(96)01072-5     Document Type: Article

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