Actors and structure in IS projects: What makes implementation happen?

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-237

  Borum, Finn ^a   Christiansen, John K ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Administrative perspective; Implementation; Network perspective; Political perspective; Project organization; Systems development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751319888     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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