Digital innovation as a fundamental and powerful concept in the information systems curriculum

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 329-353

  Fichman, Robert G ^a   Dos Santos, Brian L ^b   Zheng, Zhiqiang ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital innovation; Fundamental and powerful concepts (FPC); IS core course; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CURRICULA; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE;

ADVANCED APPLICATIONS; BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION; CORE COURSE; DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES; DIGITAL INNOVATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL AND POWERFUL CONCEPTS (FPC); PEDAGOGY; TYPES OF INNOVATIONS;

DIGITAL DEVICES;

EID: 84923459614     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25300/misq/2014/38.2.01     Document Type: Review

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