Environmental Scanning for Information Technology: An Empirical Investigation

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-200

  Maier, Jerry L ^a,b   Rainer Jr , R Kelly ^b   Snyder, Charles A ^b  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental scanning; Information technology environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031288385     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1997.11518170     Document Type: Article

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