A repeatable e-collaboration process based on thinkLets for multi-organization strategy development

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-379

  Bragge, Johanna ^a   Merisalo Rantanen, Hilkka ^a   Nurmi, Antti ^a   Tanner, Leena ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Action research (AR); Collaboration Engineering (CE); e collaboration; Group Support Systems (GSS); Information systems development; Multi organizational teams; Strategy process; ThinkLets

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249979550     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: 15729907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10726-006-9055-5     Document Type: Article

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