Forty years of the corporate information technology function at Texaco Inc. - A history

Information and Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-107

  Porra, Jaana ^a   Hirschheim, Rudy ^b   Parks, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 30044446719     PISSN: 14717727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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