Managing information technology infrastructure: A new flexibility framework

Management Research News

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 632-651

  Chanopas, Anote ^a   Krairit, Donyaprueth ^a   Khang, Do Ba ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Financial services; Flexible organizations; Information industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037844     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170610712335     Document Type: Article

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