Seeking information in order to produce information: An empirical study at Hewlett Packard labs

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 807-817

  Hirsh, Sandra ^a   Dinkelacker, Jamie ^b  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION BEARINGS; PROTOTYPES; WEB-BASED RESOURCES;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 3042590044     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20024     Document Type: Article

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