Information system development agility as organizational learning

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-199

  Lyytinen, Kalle ^a,c   Rose, Gregory M ^b,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agility; Exploitation; Exploration; IT innovation; Process goals; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745767711     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000604     Document Type: Article

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