The effects of teams' co-location on project performance

Complex Systems Concurrent Engineering: Collaboration, Technology Innovation and Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 717-726

  Zenun, Marina Mendonça Natalino ^a   Loureiro, Geilson ^b   Araujo, Claudiano Sales ^c  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAER S A   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Co location; Project success; Project teams; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

BETTER PERFORMANCE; COLOCATIONS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; PROJECT SUCCESS; PROJECT TEAM; VIRTUAL TEAM;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77952294997     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-976-7_79     Document Type: Conference Paper

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