The diffusion, design and social shaping of production management information systems in Europe

Information Technology & People

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-46

  Swan, Jacky ^a   Newell, Sue ^b   Robertson, Maxine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Economics Finance and Accounting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion; MRP2; Professional associations; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986091997     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840010312744     Document Type: Article

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