Paradoxical effects of institutionalisation on the strategic awareness of technology in organisations

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-183

  Baptista, João ^a   Newell, Sue ^a,b   Currie, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutionalisation; Intranets; Strategic development of IS

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS RISKS; INSTITUTIONALISATION; IT IN BUSINESS; LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY; STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC VALUES; WORK PRACTICES;

INTRANETS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77957708841     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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