Investigating the intangible: Lessons learnt from research into automotive inter-organisational IT systems

International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 354-373

  Howard, Mickey ^a   Holweg, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Information technology; Research methods

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS; ONLINE TRANSACTIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH; RESEARCH METHODS;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 14844312126     PISSN: 14709511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJATM.2004.006288     Document Type: Article

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