An examination of the role of the information systems centre

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-111

  Fowler, Alan ^a   Wilkinson, Tony ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centralization; Decentralization; Information systems centre; Role selection model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011467854     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8687(98)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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