Complexity theories and ICTs

Information & Communication Technologies in Action: Linking Theory & Narratives of Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 93-104

  Sætre, Alf Steinar ^a   Browning, Larry D ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84916981503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203932445     Document Type: Chapter

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