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To meet or to connect? Face-to-face contacts vs ICT in cluster organisations

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/emj-2019-0037 | Journal eISSN: 2543-912X | Journal ISSN: 2543-6597
Language: English
Page range: 103 - 117
Submitted on: Jul 30, 2019
Accepted on: Nov 15, 2019
Published on: Dec 18, 2019
Published by: Bialystok University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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