The politics of risk: Trials and tribulations of the Taurus project

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 347-357

  Drummond, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030366708     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jit.1996.8     Document Type: Article

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