Assessing the impact of visual facilitation on inter-organizational collaboration: An experimental study

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1430-1454

  Comi, Alice ^a   Eppler, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Experimental Research; Focus Groups; Information Visualization; Inter Organizational Collaboration; Inter Organizational Innovation; Inter Organizational Teamwork; Visual Facilitation; Visual Representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052600150     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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