Applying the organizational failure diagnosis model to the study of information systems failure

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 362-377

  Goulielmos, Markos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Information systems; Modelling; Organizational analysis; Service failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844443348     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560510605027     Document Type: Article

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