Information systems fitness and risk in IS development: Insights and implications from chaos and complex systems theories

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-292

  Samoilenko, Sergey ^a  

^a VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos theory; Complex systems theory; Complexity; IS development

Indexed keywords

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SYSTEM THEORY;

COMPLEX SYSTEMS THEORY; IS DEVELOPMENT;

CHAOS THEORY;

EID: 44649088230     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-008-9078-3     Document Type: Article

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