Information systems strategizing, organizational sub-communities, and the emergence of a sustainability strategy

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-28

  Henfridsson, Ola ^a   Lind, Mikael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b VIKTORIA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case study; Information systems; Interpretation; Practice; Strategy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ACTIVITY-BASED; CASE STUDY RESEARCH; INTERPRETATION; PRACTICE; PROCESS MODELING; STRATEGY; STRATEGY AS PRACTICES; SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84896401189     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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