The identity, dynamics, and diffusion of MIS

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 235, Issue , 2007, Pages 163-177

  Larsen, Tor J ^a   Levine, Linda ^b  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genre; Lines of inquiry; Management information systems

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

CITATION ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION ANALYSIS; GENRE; LINES OF INQUIRY; META-ANALYSIS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 34547912509     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72804-9_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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