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Figure 1: Complementary drivers of Collaboratory users' value

  
Figure 2: The Domain of MIS

  
Figure 3: Complementary Task Blocks

  
Figure 4: The MIS Forum

  
Figure 5: A Sample Discussion on the MIS Forum

  
Figure 6: Proposed architecture for linking Collaboratories