The Strategic Context for Information Systems Use: An Empirical Study of the Financial Services Industry

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-131

  Fletcher, Keith ^a   Wright, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FINANCIAL SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0030127924     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0268-4012(95)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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