Cultural aspects of information technology implementation

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 56, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 25-41

  Demeester, Michel ^a,b  

^a Faculté de Médecine   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Information technology; Localisation; Project management; Sociology of technology; Technology assessment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0033485331     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(99)00036-2     Document Type: Article

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