Supporting the information technology champion

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 355-370

  Beath, Cynthia Mathis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Championship; IS development; IS implementation; IS management; Partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039988884     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249647     Document Type: Article

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