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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 49 , Issue 7 (July 2006) table of contents
Services science

Pages: 88 - 93

Year of Publication: 2006

ISSN:0001-0782

Authors

David Avison	ESSEC Business School, Paris
Shirley Gregor	The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
David Wilson	University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

A poorly designed, carelessly implemented, irresponsibly managed system can lead to company failure, along with IT failure.

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