Redefining access: Uses and roles of information and communication technologies in the US residential real estate industry from 1995 to 2005

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 213-223

  Sawyer, Steve ^a   Wigand, Rolf T ^{b,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Crowston, Kevin ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arkansas   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^e SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Information and communications technologies; Institutional theory; Isomorphism; Real estate

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444450492     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000049     Document Type: Article

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