A game and network perspective on m-business partnerships

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-280

  Woolfall, Damian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic cooperation; Organizational conflict; Partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744902847     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150610667953     Document Type: Article

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