Research project as boundary object: Negotiating the conceptual design of a tool for International Development

ECSCW 2009 - Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 21-41

  Light, Ann ^a   Anderson, Theresa Dirndorfer ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BOUNDARY OBJECTS; GLOBAL CONTEXT; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL CHANGES;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN;

EID: 77950260924     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84882-854-4_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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