Communication and information technologies to enable viable organizations

Kybernetes

Volumn 35, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 1109-1125

  Ríos, José Pérez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Cybernetics; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CYBERNETICS; SYSTEM THEORY;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; INTERNET BASED; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEMIC APPROACH; SYSTEMS THINKING; VIABLE SYSTEM MODEL;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 33749393529     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684920610675111     Document Type: Article

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