Perceptions on IS risks and failure types: A comparison of designers from the United States, Japan and Korea

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 19-38

  Peterson, Dane K ^a   Kim, Chung ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; IS risks; IS success; Types of IS failure

Indexed keywords

EXPERT SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INFORMATION SYSTEM FAILURE; INFORMATION SYSTEM PROJECTS; INFORMATION SYSTEM RISKS;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0042976320     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2003070102     Document Type: Article

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