Patterns in the organization of transnational information systems

Information and Management

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 201-215

  King, William R ^a   Sethi, Vikram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Global information systems; Information systems architecture; Information systems organization; Information systems strategy; Multinational corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347572481     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(00)00050-1     Document Type: Article

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