The 4W framework for B2B e-contracting

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-97

  Angelov, Samuil ^a   Grefen, Paul ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business to business e contracting; Contract modelling; Contracting framework; Virtual enterprise

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BUSINESS TO BUSINESS ELECTRONIC CONTRACTING; CONTRACT MODELLING; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 0141815533     PISSN: 14709503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2003.003517     Document Type: Article

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