Organizing visions for information technology and the information systems executive response

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-50

  Ramiller, Neil C ^a   Swanson, E Burton ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information systems management; Information technology innovation; Innovation diffusion; Institutional theory; Sense making

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INNOVATION DIFFUSION;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0041928100     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2003.11045760     Document Type: Article

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