The Organizing Vision in Information Systems Innovation

Organization Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 458-474

  Swanson, E Burton ^a   Ramiller, Neil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information Systems; Institutional Processes; Organizing Vision; Technological Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031512927     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.8.5.458     Document Type: Article

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