Information support services for intermediation tasks of collaborative networks

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1776-1800

  Thimm, Heiko ^a   Rasmussen, Karsten Boye ^b  

^a PFORZHEIM UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Collaborative work; Decision support; Network moderation and intermediation; Organizational trust; Service science; Virtual organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958020509     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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