Conceptualizing Systems for Understanding: An Empirical Test of Decomposition Principles in Object-Oriented Analysis

Andrew Burton-Jones
Andrew Burton-Jones
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Management Information Systems Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, 2053 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z2
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Peter N. Meso
Peter N. Meso
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Computer Information Systems Department, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, 35 Broad Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30302
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Management Information Systems Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, 2053 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z2

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Peter N. Meso

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Computer Information Systems Department, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, 35 Broad Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30302

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Published Online:1 Mar 2006https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.1050.0079

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