Identifying early adopters of large software systems

ACM SIGMIS Database

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 21-27

  Ball, Leslie D ^a   Dambolena, Ismael G ^a   Hennessey, Hubert D ^a  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84976714234     PISSN: 00950033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/45175.45178     Document Type: Article

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