The Delphi method as a research tool: an example, design considerations and applications

Information & Management - Tập 42 Số 1 - Trang 15-29 - 2004
Chitu Okoli1,2, Suzanne D. Pawlowski1,2
1Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
2John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, GM 209-23, 1455 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest, Montréal, Qué., Canada H3G 1M8

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