The rise and fall of an executive information system: A case study

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 277-287

  McBride, Neil ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingency theory; Executive information systems; Implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006071192     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2575.1997.00021.x     Document Type: Article

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