Measuring the potential success of information system implementation

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 75-81

  Davison, Jean ^a   Deeks, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information systems; Quality improvement; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 36349010230     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683040710837946     Document Type: Article

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