Strategic systems implementation: Diffusion through drift

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-96

  Elbanna, Amany R ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actor Network Theory (ANT); Diffusion of innovation; ERP; Packaged software; Technology drift

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349166362     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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