Modernisation through ICTs: Towards a network ontology of technological change

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 351-370

  Faik, Isam ^a   Walsham, Geoff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Development; Justice system; Modernisation; Morocco

Indexed keywords

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; DEVELOPMENT; JUSTICE SYSTEM; MOROCCO; NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE; POLITICAL CHANGES; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

HARDWARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODERNIZATION;

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

EID: 84879023323     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/isj.12001     Document Type: Article

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