Virtual enterprise networks: The fifth element of corporate governance

Human Systems Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 171-188

  Georgantzas, Nicholas C ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopoiesis; Strategy; System dynamics; Transaction cost economics; Virtual enterprise networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034772013     PISSN: 01672533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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