Shifting boundaries and new technologies: A case study in the UK banking sector

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1998

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 177-187

  Scott, Susan V ^a   Walsham, Geoff ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking industry; Computers and society; Interpretivist perspective; Organizational change; Strategic IS

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BANKING INDUSTRY; COMPUTERS AND SOCIETIES; INTERPRETIVIST; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; STRATEGIC IS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 85017141888     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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