Information systems planning in small business: A stages of growth analysis

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 33, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 189-201

  Doukidis, Georgios I ^a   Lybereas, Panagiotis ^b   Galliers, Robert D ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PLANNING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS PLANNING;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030150808     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0164-1212(95)00183-2     Document Type: Article

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