Telepresence in cross-site business process simulation - Lessons learnt in technology, social interaction and organizational learning

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 182-192

  Smeds, Riitta ^a   Alvesalo, Jukka ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Business process; Cross site; Inter organizational learning; Process simulation; Telepresence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0142217257     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0953728031000107626     Document Type: Article

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