Tinker, tailor: Information systems and strategic development in knowledge-based SMEs

Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Information Systems, Information Systems in a Rapidly Changing Economy, ECIS 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ferneley, Elaine ^a   Bell, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bricolage; Information systems; SME; Strategy; Systems development

Indexed keywords

BRICOLAGE; END USERS; IS ADOPTION; ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SME; STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGY; SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84870993667     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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