Vive les differences? Developing a profile of European information systems research as a basis for international comparisons

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-35

  Galliers, Robert D ^a   Whitley, Edgar A ^b  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citations; European conference on information systems; European information systems research topics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947692225     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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