Contextual analysis as support for successful innovation in complex environments

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 235, Issue , 2007, Pages 149-161

  Bednar, Peter M ^a   Welch, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS; CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS; INNOVATIVE PRACTICES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34547887262     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72804-9_11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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