In search of Europe's information technology leaders: Review of methods and empirical evidence

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-108

  Lacity, M C ^a   Feeny, D F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Information technology leaders; IT management; IT success

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012337125     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.1996.tb00007.x     Document Type: Review

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