Exploring the use of electronic messaging infrastructure: The case of a telecommunications firm

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-34

  Bennett, Michael ^a   Weill, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business processes; Electronic messaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012276501     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8687(97)00002-4     Document Type: Article

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