A change management approach to evaluating ICT investment initiatives

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-50

  Williams, Michael D ^a   Williams, Janet ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change management; Communication technologies; Investments

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846090825     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390710717129     Document Type: Article

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