Launching professional services automation: Institutional entrepreneurship for information technology innovations

Information and Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 59-88

  Wang, Ping ^a   Swanson, E Burton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology innovation; Institutional entrepreneurship; Legitimation; Mobilization; Organizational community; Organizing vision; Technological momentum

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249015987     PISSN: 14717727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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