Governmental information system problems and failures: A preliminary review

Public Administration and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 50-83

  Rocheleau, Bruce ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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