Technology flexibility: Conceptualization, validation, and measurement

Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue , 1997, Pages 76-87

  Nelson, Kay M ^a   Nelson, H James ^a   Ghods, Mehdi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

TECHNOLOGY FLEXIBILITY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0031366858     PISSN: 10603425     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.1997.661572     Document Type: Conference Paper

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