Evaluating information system effectiveness - Part I: Comparing evaluation approaches

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1981, Pages 55-69

  Hamilton, Scott ^a   Chervany, Norman L ^b,c  

^a COMSERV Corporation ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c American Institute for Decision Sciences ^*

Author keywords

Evaluation; Management information systems; MIS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009193192     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249291     Document Type: Review

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