Determinants of business-to-business e-commerce implementation and performance: A structural model

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 96-113

  Power, Damien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Electronic commerce; Management strategy; Performance measures; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION THEORY; INTERNET; MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE;

FAST-MOVING CONSUMER GOODS (FMCG); MANAGEMENT STRATEGY; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 17744383171     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540510589179     Document Type: Article

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