<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Agata Szydelko</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acquisition in a Large IT Organization</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information &amp; Security: An International Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">38</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">71-76</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This article explores the background, challenges and paradoxes of the NATO IT acquisitions, highlights the drivers of change in NATO procurement processes and procedures, and explains the underlining evolutionary nature of this change. It provides comparative analysis of acquisition models used by NATO and its agencies, emphasising the importance of agility and adaptiveness to changing circumstances.</style></abstract><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">71</style></section></record></records></xml>