The consideration of cultural differences in the design of information systems

Information and Management

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 669-684

  Choe, Jong Min ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Design of information systems; Information amount; Management accounting information systems; National culture

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; INFORMATION AMOUNT; MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS (MAIS); NATIONAL CULTURE; TRADITIONAL COST CONTROL INFORMATION (TCCI);

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 1242308512     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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