A dimensional analysis of geographically distributed project teams: A case study

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-189

  Evaristo, J Roberto ^a   Scudder, Richard ^b   Desouza, Kevin C ^a   Sato, Osam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c TOKYO KEIZAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Distributed work; Information technology; Knowledge management; Project management

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); COSTS; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; HELICOPTER RESCUE SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY THEORY; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRACKING (POSITION); UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH; DISTRIBUTED WORK; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 3242792561     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: 18791719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2003.05.001     Document Type: Article

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