Exploring the benefits of using Enterprise 2.0 tools to facilitate collaboration during product development

International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 233-252

  Evans, Richard David ^a   Gao, James Xiaoyu ^b   Martin, Nick ^c   Simmonds, Clive ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c BAE SYSTEMS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersed employee collaboration; Enterprise 2.0; Manufacturing industry; Product development; Social computing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955457427     PISSN: 17435110     EISSN: 17435129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPLM.2015.074143     Document Type: Article

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