Building systems around reverse value chain: a new system development approach

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-105

  Sharma, Sushil K ^a   Wickramasinghe, Nilmini ^b,c  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cleveland State University   (United States)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

reverse value chain; SMEs (small and medium enterprises); system development; web based information systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644505993     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijmed.2005.006032     Document Type: Article

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