Virtual organization: A vision of management in the information age

Information Society

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 267-288

  Mowshowitz, Abbe ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract property; Information commodities; Interface standards; Metamanagement; Switching; Virtual organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844488887     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972243.1994.9960172     Document Type: Article

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