Chaos Theory as a Framework for Studying Information Systems

Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ)

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1-13

  Dhillon, Gurpreet ^a   Ward, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85001759469     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2002040101     Document Type: Article

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