Acknowledgements
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Figure 2: © Kimble, C., Alexis, B. and Li, B. (2000) Effective Virtual Teams through Communities of Practice, Strathclyde Business School Management Science Working Paper No. 2000/9, Strathclyde Business School, Department of Management Science.
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Table 1: © The Open University (2008) M865 Project Management, Unit 1 Project initiation, Figure 5.1, Milton Keynes, The Open University.
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