Organizational evaluation of the benefits, constraints, and satisfaction of business-to-business electronic commerce

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 107-134

  Standing, Craig ^a   Lin, Chad ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

B2B e commerce; Benefits realization; E commerce; E commerce impacts; Investment evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248588316     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415110304     Document Type: Article

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