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The focus of this chapter is on the implementation of collaboration technologies in the context of the construction industry. Our empirical setting involves the introduction of a web-based collaboration platform for progress monitoring, co-ordination of project activities, project record keeping, information sharing and exchange in a construction consortium, constituted of geographical dispersed business units and organizations. This research seeks to identify and understand impacts in management and work arrangements in the emerging network information infrastructure.
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Nikas, N., Poulymenakou, A. (2006). Examining the Emerging Dynamics of an Information Infrastructure. In: Klein, S., Poulymenakou, A. (eds) Managing Dynamic Networks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32884-X_9
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