Information systems assimilation in Indian organizations: An examination of strategic and organizational imperatives

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 293-326

  Tarafdar, Monideepa ^a   Vaidya, Sanjiv D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Developing nations; India; IS application portfolio; IS assimilation; Organizational factors; Qualitative research; Strategic factors

Indexed keywords

DATA RECORDING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DEVELOPING NATIONS; INDIA; INFORMATION SYSTEM (IS) APPLICATION PORTFOLIO; INFORMATION SYSTEM (IS)ASSIMILATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRATEGIC FACTORS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846105482     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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