Cross-cultural is adoption in multinational corporations: A study of rationality

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2003, Pages 435-451

  Shoib, Gamila ^a   Nandhakumar, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross Cultural Management; Decision making; IS adoption; Rationality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE;

CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPED ECONOMIES; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; IS ADOPTION; MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS; NATIONAL CULTURES; RATIONALITY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84904342519     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-35695-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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