Current Usage and Potential of Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Swiss Banks: An Empirical Study

The results presented in this paper arepart of an empirical studyinto thecurrent usage of groupware and the potential of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) for strategic management in large-scale Swiss business enterprises. The results were obtained from a survey conducted among 168 organizations. The study is part of the STRATUM research project, the overall goal of which is to investigate and evaluate methods, techniques and tools to support cooperative activities in strategic management groups. Due to tile importance of the banking sector in Switzerland and thehigh response rate from the bank sample, we present here results related to this sector of industry.