Inscription of behaviour and flexible interpretation in Information Infrastructures: The case of European e-Customs

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 355-372

  Henningsson, Stefan ^a   Henriksen, Helle Zinner ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Digital infrastructure; e Customs; e Government; Information Infrastructure; Inscription of behaviour; Interpretative flexibility

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES; E-CUSTOMS; E-GOVERNMENT; INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES; INSCRIPTION OF BEHAVIOUR; INTERPRETATIVE FLEXIBILITY;

INVESTMENTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 82955233031     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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