Article history: Received 20 June 2011 Received in revised form 5 July 2011 Accepted 5 July 2011 Available online 9 September 2011 The Delphi techniquewas largely developed to avoid the problems of freely interacting groups such as dominant individuals and pressure to conform to the majority view. Our review of the social psychological literature reveals some obstacles to Delphi achieving its f...

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Which future research subjects shall be persued by the German speaking IS community (Wirtschaftsinformatik) in order to maintain competitive against other disciplines like business administration and computer science? This article summarizes the major results of a Delphi study which was conducted in 1999 in order to answer this question drawing on the expertise of leading academics and practiti...

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Due to the funding scale and complexity of lubricant regenerative technology, the selection of recycling technology and policy for waste lubricant oil can be viewed as a multiple-attribute decision process that is normally made by a review committee with experts from academia, industry, and the government. This study aims to provide a systematic approach towards the technology selection, in whi...

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