Adoption of web based collaboration tools in the enterprise: Challenges and opportunities

Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on the Current Trends in Information Technology, CTIT 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 219-224

  Onyechi, Ginika C ^a   Abeysinghe, Geetha ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blog; Collaboration; Social media; Social networking; Wiki

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION SOFTWARE; COLLABORATION TOOL; COMPETITIVE EDGES; CUSTOMER NEED; INTERNET TECHNOLOGY; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; STRATEGIC TOOL; WEB-BASED COLLABORATION; WEB-BASED TECHNOLOGIES; WORKING PRACTICES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; PROFITABILITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 77951111166     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CTIT.2009.5423111     Document Type: Conference Paper

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