Understanding wireless field force automation in trade services

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 172-181

  Barnes, Stuart J ^a   Scornavacca, Eusebio ^b   Innes, Douglas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c BearingPoint   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Automation; Communication technologies; Mobile communication systems; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; FIELD FORCE AUTOMATION (FFA); NEW ZEALAND; TRADE SERVICES;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33644598643     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570610649835     Document Type: Review

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