The Effects of Coupling IT and Work Process Strategies in Redesign Projects

Organization Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 424-438

  Mitchell, Victoria L ^a   Zmud, Robert W ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling; IT Strategy; IT Enabled Redesign; Process Innovation; Project Performance; Project Planning; Project Uncertainty; Redesign Strategy; User Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033436799     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.10.4.424     Document Type: Article

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