How business enterprises use technology: Extending the demand-side turn

Enterprise and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 422-455

  Yates, Joanne ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 33750186808     PISSN: 14672227     EISSN: 14672235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/es/khl004     Document Type: Review

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