E-business capabilities model: Validation and comparison between adopter and non-adopter of e-business companies in UK

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 806-828

  Hafeez, Khalid ^a   Keoy, Kay Hooi ^a   Hanneman, Robert ^b  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Electronic commerce; Modelling; Supply chain management; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURVEYING; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING (SEM) APPROACH; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 33746660735     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380610678819     Document Type: Article

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