Degrees of agility: Implications for information systems design and firm strategy

Agile Information Systems: Conceptualization, Construction, and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 122-133

  Lui, Tsz Wai ^a   Piccoli, Gabriele ^a  

^a 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

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EID: 84905072592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780080463681     Document Type: Chapter

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