Configuring software, reconfiguring memories: The influence of integrated systems on the reproduction of knowledge and routines

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 321-350

  D'Adderio, Luciana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0038556838     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/12.2.321     Document Type: Article

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