Information infrastructure development and governance as collective action

Information Systems Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 40-56

  Constantinides, Panos ^a   Barrett, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective action; Framing; Healthcare; Ideology; Information infrastructure; Longitudinal research; Polycentric governance

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

COLLECTIVE ACTION; FRAMING; IDEOLOGY; INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES; LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH; POLYCENTRIC GOVERNANCE;

HARDWARE;

EID: 84929150865     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.2014.0542     Document Type: Article

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