An assessment of electronic information transfer in B2B supply-channel relationships

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 294-320

  Kim, Kyung Kyu ^a   Umanath, Narayan S ^b   Kim, Bum Hun ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

B2B procurement; Electronic information transfer; Empirical research; Organizational information processing theory; Supply chain management; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION THEORY; INTERNET;

BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS PROCUREMENT; ELECTRONIC INFORMATION TRANSFER; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION PROCESSING THEORY; SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SURVEY METHODS;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33748608827     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/mis0742-1222220310     Document Type: Article

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