Can software influence creativity?

Information Systems Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 1-21

  Elam, Joyce J ^a   Mead, Melissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Decision support systems; User computer interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING;

ACCOUNTING FIRMS; COMPUTER BASED TOOLS; CREATIVE SOLUTIONS; CREATIVITY; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION SITUATION; RESEARCH SUPPORT; USER COMPUTER INTERACTION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 8344266189     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1.1.1     Document Type: Article

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