Power and Trust: Critical Factors in the Adoption and Use of Electronic Data Interchange

Organization Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-42

  Hart, Paul ^a   Saunders, Carol ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Computer networks; Electronic data interchange; Interorganizational relationships; Power; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031477959     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.8.1.23     Document Type: Article

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