Extracting appropriate scope for information systems: A case study

Industrial Management & Data Systems

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-321

  Laitinen, Erkki K ^a   Länsiluoto, Aapo ^a   Rautiainen, Iiris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contingency planning; Information systems

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENCY PLANNING; CONTINGENCY THEORY; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FINNISH; INFORMATION REQUIREMENT; INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE DATA;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 67650706745     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570910939353     Document Type: Article

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