Observing the act of specification

Design Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 397-408

  Emmitt, Stephen ^a  

^a Landscape Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Design process; Diffusion of innovations; Innovation; Specification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035452680     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-694X(00)00046-6     Document Type: Article

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