The impact of information technology on the organization of economic activity: The "move to the middle" hypothesis

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 9-35

  Reddi, Sashidhar P ^a   Clemons, Eric K ^b   Row, Michael C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 71549131677     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1993.11517998     Document Type: Article

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