Examining the coalition dynamics affecting IS project abandonment decision-making

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 639-655

  Pan, Gary ^a   Pan, Shan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Case study approach; Coalition dynamics; Information systems project abandonment

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY APPROACH; COALITION DYNAMICS; ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROJECT ABANDONMENT;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749558123     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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