The impact of information technology on organisational agility in Iranian firms

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-298

  Fathian, Mohammad ^a   Fekri, Roxana ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

agility; competitive environment; Information Technology (IT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960752735     PISSN: 17419174     EISSN: 17419182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2006.010943     Document Type: Article

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