Transforming municipal governance in global context: A case study of the dialectics of social change

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 19-31

  Robey, Daniel ^a   Holmström, Jonny ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Globalization; Institutional Theory; OLAP; Organizational Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001744125     PISSN: 1097198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2001.10856312     Document Type: Article

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