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Informational cascades in IT adoption

Published: 01 April 2004 Publication History

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Before adopting new systems and procedures, IT managers should ensure they are not unwittingly following the herd.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 47, Issue 4
Human-computer etiquette
April 2004
90 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/975817
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