Developing information systems to support flexible strategy

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-77

  Eardley, Alan ^a   Avison, David ^b   Powell, Philip ^c,d  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Flexibility; Information systems; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002844432     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327744joce0701_4     Document Type: Article

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