Global business and cross-cultural information systems: Technical and institutional dimensions of diffusion

Information Technology & People

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 30-54

  Kaye, Roland ^a   Little, Stephen E ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Diffusion; Globalization; Information systems; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144479831     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593849610129086     Document Type: Article

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