Innovative IT climates: CIO perspectives

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-151

  Watts, Stephanie ^a   Henderson, John C ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CIO; Climate; Innovative IT; Technology leadership

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CIO; CLIMATE; INNOVATIVE IT; TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33646174516     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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