Recognising Alternative Rationalities in the Deployment of Information Systems

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-15

  Avgerou, Chrisanthi ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

developing countries; Information systems; rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002560908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2000.tb00021.x     Document Type: Article

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