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Paper info: Using the GSS for cross cultural business networking

Title


Using the GSS for cross cultural business networking

Authors


Sylvia A. Ward and Tony Ward

Place of Publication


The paper was published at the 18th IMP-conference in Perth, Australia in 2002.

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Abstract


This conceptual paper addresses the needs associated with entry into, and relationship nurturing in, suitable business networks, and suggests possible roles for using a distributed Group Support System to facilitate development and entry in a cross-cultural environment for particular organisational groups. The basic characteristics of cross-cultural relationships, the group support technology and business networks are each reviewed, andthe common threads identified. From this base, a number of suggestions are provided for using this technology to facilitate the nurturing of business network relationships, including a study to address a number of research questions.