Business and information systems engineering: A complementary approach to information systems - What we can learn from the past and may conclude from present reflection on the future

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 236-253

  Buhl, Hans Ulrich ^a   Müller, Günter ^b   Fridgen, Gilbert ^a   Röglinger, Maximilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BISE; Business and information systems engineering; Critical reflection; Future; Industry connections; Information systems; Past; Present

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

BISE; BUSINESS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERINGS; CRITICAL REFLECTIONS; FUTURE; PAST; PRESENT;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84861682604     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00292     Document Type: Article

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