The use of electronic brainstorming for collecting ideas in scientific research teams: A challenge for future online research

Online Research Methods in Urban and Planning Studies: Design and Outcomes

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 157-172

  Michinov, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0074-4.ch010     Document Type: Chapter

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