Success and failure revisited in the implementation of new technology: Some reflections on the CAPELLA project

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 141, Issue , 2004, Pages 65-78

  McMaster, Tom ^a   Wastell, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS; INNOVATION PROCESS; IS IMPLEMENTATION; KEY DIMENSIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES;

COMPETITION;

EID: 84902466950     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-8000-x_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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