Coordinating for flexibility in e-business supply chains

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 7-45

  Gosain, Sanjay ^a   Malhotra, Arvind ^b   El Sawy, Omar A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination theory; Information technology infrastructure; Interorganizational systems; Supply chain flexibility

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COORDINATION THEORY; INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN; INTERORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAIN FLEXIBILITY;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 13944266733     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2004.11045816     Document Type: Article

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