Information technology, contract completeness, and buyer-supplier relationships

Information Systems Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 180-193

  Banker, Rajiv D ^a   Kalvenes, Joakim ^b   Patterson, Raymond A ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business to business relationships; Contract theory; Interorganizational systems; Transaction cost

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; SALES;

BUSINESS TO BUSINESS; BUYER SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP; CONTRACT THEORY; ECONOMICAL MONITORING; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS; MODERN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; SUPPLIER PERFORMANCE; TRANSACTION COST;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 33745047256     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1060.0083     Document Type: Article

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