Systems integration: A core capability of the modern corporation

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1109-1143

  Hobday, Michael ^a   Davies, Andrew ^b   Prencipe, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 31144468660     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dth080     Document Type: Article

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