Public sector information system project failures: Lessons from a New Zealand hospital organization

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-114

  Gauld, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hospital; Information systems failure; New Zealand; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845206037     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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