Information centers as organizational innovation: Exploring the correlates of implementation success

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 47-67

  Fuller, Mary K ^a,b,c   Swanson, E Burton ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Critical success factors; End user computing; Implementation; Information centers; Organizational context of information technology; Organizational innovation; Organizational size and scope

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040347550     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1992.11517947     Document Type: Article

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