Development of standardized e-business solutions via e-chain analysis in the digital utility

International Journal of Services and Standards

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-136

  Wei, June ^a   Platt, Richard ^a   White, Boyd ^b   Jasquith, Andre P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Siemens Building Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c Gulf Power Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer chain; E business; Electric utility; Supply chain; Value chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644546037     PISSN: 17408849     EISSN: 17408857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSS.2006.008728     Document Type: Article

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