The design, use, and consequences of virtual processes

Information Systems Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 700-710

  Overby, Eric ^a   Slaughter, Sandra A ^a   Konsynski, Benn ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Electronic commerce; Online dating; Physical; Process virtualization; Telemedicine; Theory construction; Virtual

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650656395     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1100.0319     Document Type: Article

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