Implementation of information technology: A time-space perspective

Organization Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-260

  Sahay, Sundeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Implementation; Information technology; Interpretivism; Theory building; Time space

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040238382     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084069701800203     Document Type: Article

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