Re-engineering in the face of a merger: Soft systems and concurrent dynamics

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-179

  King, Stephen F ^a   Aisthorpe, Phil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Stratica Limited   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034341884     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026839600344348     Document Type: Article

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