An analysis of the anticipated cultural impacts of the implemementation of data warehouses

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-88

  Doherty, Neil F ^a   Doig, Graham ^a,b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MICROSOFT   (United States)

Author keywords

Data warehouses; Information flows; Interpretative study; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CULTURAL IMPACTS;

DATA WAREHOUSES;

EID: 0037323079     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2002.808302     Document Type: Article

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