Clients' opinions on group model-building: An exploratory study

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-31

  Akkermans, Henk A ^a,c   Vennix, Jac A M ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Origin/IPS   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0043242335     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1727(199721)13:1<3::aid-sdr113>3.0.co;2-i     Document Type: Article

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