A critical comparison of offline focus groups, online focus groups and e-Delphi

International Journal of Market Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-381

  Brüggen, Elisabeth ^a,c   Willems, Pieter ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PWNEXT

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 67449168673     PISSN: 14707853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2501/S1470785309200608     Document Type: Article

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