Erratum to: Theories in business and information systems engineering, (Bus Inf Syst Eng, 10.1007/s12599-016-0439-z);Theories in Business and Information Systems Engineering

Business and Information Systems Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 291-319

  Bichler, Martin ^a   Frank, Ulrich ^b   Avison, David ^c   Malaurent, Julien ^c   Fettke, Peter ^d   Hovorka, Dirk ^e   Krämer, Jan ^f   Schnurr, Daniel ^f   Müller, Benjamin ^g   Suhl, Leena ^h   Thalheim, Bernhard ⁱ  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^d GERMAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DFKI   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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EID: 84978388905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18670202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12599-016-0442-4     Document Type: Erratum

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