A comparison of two electronic idea generation techniques

Information and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-99

  Aiken, Milam ^a   Vanjani, Mahesh ^a   Paolillo, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic brainstorming; Electronic gallery writing; Electronic individual poolwriting; Group decision support systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; TECHNICAL WRITING;

ELECTRONIC BRAINSTORMING; ELECTRONIC GALLERY WRITING; ELECTRONIC IDEA GENERATION TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONIC INDIVIDUAL POOLWRITING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030148760     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-7206(95)00048-8     Document Type: Article

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