Information technology, improvisation and crisis response: Review of literature and proposal for theory

14th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2008

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1601-1610

  Adrot, Anouck ^a,b   Robey, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis; Dynamic capabilities; Improvisation; Information technology

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING; CRISIS; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; CRISIS RESPONSE; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; IMPROVISATION; VALUABLE COMPONENT;

HARDWARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870544234     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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