On the implementation of an information system in the Mozambican context: The EDM case

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2003, Pages 169-184

  Macome, Esselina ^a  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Actor network theory (ANT); Adoption and use of ICT; Galatee; Information system; Technology transfer; Translation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; ADOPTION AND USE OF ICT; ELECTRICITY COMPANIES; GALATEE; GLOBALISATION; INTERNATIONAL TEAM; LOCAL CONTEXTS; TRANSFER OF INFORMATION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84904298230     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-35695-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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