Revisiting agility to conceptualize information systems agility

Emerging Topics and Technologies in Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 19-54

  Pankaj, ^a   Hyde, Micki ^a   Ramaprasad, Arkalgud ^b   Tadisina, Suresh K ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 81055131642     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-222-0.ch002     Document Type: Chapter

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