Taking industry seriously in information systems research

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 591-605

  Chiasson, Mike W ^a   Davidson, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Industry context; Information systems theory; Institutional theory

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS THEORY; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (MIS);

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 33747462440     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148701     Document Type: Article

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