Determinants of information center success

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-117

  Essex, Patricia A ^a,b   Magal, Simha R ^a,c,d   Masteller, Douglas E ^a,e,f,g  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Teaching and Learning Division

^e Center for Business Knowledge   (Australia)

^f NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO LTD   (Japan)

^g The Coca Cola Company   (United States)

Author keywords

End user computing; Information center; Information system success; Management levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032223742     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1998.11518210     Document Type: Article

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