Matching client/server processing architectures with information processing requirements: A contingency study

Information and Management

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 265-274

  Anandarajan, Murugan ^a,b   Arinze, Bay ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chartered Institute of Management Accountants   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Client server computing; Client server processing architectures; Contingency theory; Information processing theory; IT match; Task characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347484338     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(98)00064-0     Document Type: Article

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