Building a better world through information systems - An explorative survey among leading is researchers

35th International Conference on Information Systems "Building a Better World Through Information Systems", ICIS 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Rickenberg, Tim A ^a   Koukal, André ^a   Breitner, Michael H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

IS research; Millennium Development Goals; Relevance; Research impact; Survey research

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE;

IS RESEARCHES; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; RELEVANCE; RESEARCH IMPACTS; SURVEY RESEARCH;

SURVEYS;

EID: 85107712898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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