Group Support Systems for Strategic Planning

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 155-184

  Dennis, Alan R ^a,b,c,d   Tyran, Craig K ^d,e,f,g   Vogel, Douglas R ^d,g,h   Nunamaker Jr , Jay F ^d,i,j,k,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^k CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Group support systems; Groupware; Strategic management; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031288354     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1997.11518157     Document Type: Article

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