Electronic commerce: Supporting collaborative buyer-supplier relations?

International Journal of Services, Technology and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 192-207

  McIvor, R T ^a   Humphreys, P K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Electronic Data Interchange (EDI); Internet; Partnership sourcing; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INTERNET; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COLLABORATIVE RELATIONS; INTERACTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; PARTNERSHIP SOURCING; SUPPLY CHAIN;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 24644473511     PISSN: 14606720     EISSN: 1741525X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTM.2002.001625     Document Type: Article

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