Roles of interfirm information systems in supply chain management

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 264-286

  Kärkkäinen, Mikko ^a   Laukkanen, Sanna ^b   Sarpola, Sami ^b   Kemppainen, Katariina ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Finland; Information exchange; Information systems; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249072502     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600030710752505     Document Type: Article

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