Networks, negotiations, and new times: The implementation of enterprise resource planning into an academic administration

Information and Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 285-313

  Scott, S V ^a   Wagner, E L ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic administration; Actor network theory; Enterprise resource planning; Interpretivist perspective; IS implementation; Narrative; Negotiation; Organizational change; Sociology of time

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038498130     PISSN: 14717727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-7727(03)00012-5     Document Type: Article

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