The emergence of smart business networks

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 228-233

  Vervest, Peter ^a   Preiss, Kenneth ^b   Van Heck, Eric ^a   Pau, Louis François ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agility; Business logic; Business operating system; Capabilities; Modularity; Smart business network

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FORMAL LOGIC; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

AGILITY; BUSINESS LOGIC; BUSINESS OPERATING SYSTEM; CAPABILITIES; MODULARITY; SMART BUSINESS NETWORKS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 11044229971     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000024     Document Type: Article

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