Disruptive information system innovation: The case of internet computing

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-330

  Lyytinen, Kalle ^a   Rose, Gregory M ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation theory and models; Internet; IS applications; IS innovation; Quad core model; Software management; System development

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IS);

INFORMATION THEORY; INTERNET; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0142149015     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2575.2003.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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