A theory of constraints approach to interorganizational systems implementation

Information Systems and e-Business Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 341-360

  Geri, Nitza ^a   Ahituv, Niv ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Information systems adoption and implementation; Interorganizational systems (IOS); Organizational feasibility of information systems; Theory of Constraints (TOC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 50149083473     PISSN: 16179846     EISSN: 16179854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10257-007-0075-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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