Different Perspectives on Information Systems: Problems and Solutions

ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 5-46

  Lyytinen, Kalle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING, BUSINESS; DATABASE SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SYSTEM MEASUREMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0023300121     PISSN: 03600300     EISSN: 15577341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/28865.28867     Document Type: Article

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