A multiple narrative approach to information systems failure: A successful system that failed

Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1421-1433

  Bartis, Estzer ^a   Mitev, Nathalie ^b  

^a Operációkutatás és Aktuáriustudományok Tanszék docense   (Hungary)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL APPROACH; INFORMATION SYSTEMS FAILURE; IS FAILURE; KEY USERS; MULTIPLE RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS; PROJECT GOALS; PROJECT SUCCESS; RELEVANT SOCIAL GROUPS; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF TECHNOLOGY; SOFTWARE PROCESS; SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS; TOP MANAGEMENT;

HARDWARE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84869388762     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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