Interorganizational relationships in the context of SMEs' B2B e-commerce

Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-28

  Lawson Body, Assion ^a   O'Keefe, Timothy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

B2B e commerce; Cooperation; Customer relations; E commerce; E commerce relationships; Interdependence; Internet commerce; Internet trust; Loyalty; Websites

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INTERNET; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

B2B E-COMMERCE; INTERDEPENDENCE; INTERNET COMMERCE; INTERNET TRUST; LOYALTY;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 33846206495     PISSN: 15392937     EISSN: 15392929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jeco.2006100101     Document Type: Article

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