An empirical study on human and information technology aspects in collaborative enterprise networks

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-223

  Cheikhrouhou, Naoufel ^a   Pouly, Michel ^a   Huber, Charles ^b   Choudhary, Alok ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaborative enterprise networks; Communication; Human aspects; ICT support; Trust issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955487253     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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