Revisiting DSS implementation research: A meta-analysis of the literature and suggestions for researchers

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 95-113

  Alavi, Maryam ^a   Joachimsthaler, Erich A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349152257     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249703     Document Type: Article

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