Collaboration networks and collaboration tools: A match for SMEs?

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2034-2048

  Michaelides, Roula ^a   Morton, Susan C ^b   Michaelides, Zenon ^a   Lyons, Andy C ^a   Liu, Weisheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collaboration networks; collaborative technologies; knowledge flow; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION EFFORTS; COLLABORATION NETWORK; COLLABORATION TOOL; COLLABORATIVE NETWORK; COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; COLLABORATIVE TOOLS; GLOBAL NETWORKS; GLOBAL PATTERNS; INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INFORMAL INTERACTIONS; INTERNET TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE CREATIONS; KNOWLEDGE FLOW; MASS PRODUCTION; SALIENT FEATURES; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SOCIAL CONTEXT; TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; VIRTUAL COLLABORATION; WEB 2.0;

INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84873447608     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2012.701778     Document Type: Article

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