Focus of B-to-B e-commerce initiatives and related benefits in manufacturing small- and medium-sized enterprises

Information Systems and e-Business Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-23

  Elia, Elie ^a,b   Lefebvre, Louis A ^b   Lefebvre, Élisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

B to B e commerce; Business processes; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849186313     PISSN: 16179846     EISSN: 16179854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10257-006-0035-8     Document Type: Article

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