Surveying object technology usage and benefits: A test of conventional wisdom

Information and Management

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 331-344

  Fedorowicz, Jane ^a   Villeneuve, Alain O ^b  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Object orientation; Practitioner survey; Systems development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005846872     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(98)00098-6     Document Type: Article

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