Positioning the institutional perspective in information systems research

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-391

  Mignerat, Muriel ^a   Rivard, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Innovation; Institutional theory; Literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450267575     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jit.2009.13     Document Type: Article

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