Facilitating Localized Exploitation and Enterprise-Wide Integration in the Use of IT Infrastructures: The Role of PC/LAN Infrastructure Standards

Data Base for Advances in Information Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 54-80

  Kayworth, Timothy R ^a   Sambamurthy, V ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; IS implementation; Management information systems; Organizational structure; Strategic issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644699485     PISSN: 00950033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/506760.506765     Document Type: Article

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