COORDINATION AND SUCCESS IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 296-303

  Cummings, Jonathon ^a   Kiesler, Sara ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

geographic dispersion; multidisciplinarity; Scientific collaboration; technological innovation

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; INFORMATION USE;

COORDINATION COSTS; GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSION; GEOGRAPHICS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS; MULTIDISCIPLINARITY; MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS; PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS; SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 79957765823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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