Driving Visibility, Velocity and Versatility: The Role of Mobile Technologies in Supply Chain Management

Journal of Internet Commerce

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 95-117

  Ruhi, Umar ^a   Turel, Ofir ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inter organizational information systems; Inter organizational relationships; Mobile commerce; Mobile supply chain management; Taxonomy; Wireless technologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644599272     PISSN: 15332861     EISSN: 1533287X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J179v04n03_06     Document Type: Article

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