How organizations adopt information system process innovations: A longitudinal analysis

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-51

  Mustonen Ollila, Erja ^a   Lyytinen, Kalle ^b  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption decisions; Empirical research; IS development methods and tools; IS process innovations

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842482648     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000467     Document Type: Article

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