Shared services: a conceptual model for adoption, implementation and use

International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-240

  Craike, Adam ^a   Singh, Prakash J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

adoption; Australia; change management; grounded theory; implementation; shared services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856997064     PISSN: 14793121     EISSN: 1479313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISCM.2006.011197     Document Type: Article

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