Applying grounded theory to study the implementation of an inter-organizational information system

Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-82

  Rodon, J ^a   Pastor, Joan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Action diagrams; Coding paradigm; Grounded theory; Inter organizational IS implementation; Straussian approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953752733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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