The Golden Circle: A way of arguing and acting about technology in the London Ambulance Service

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 251-266

  McGrath, Kathy ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036927274     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000436     Document Type: Article

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