Material flow, material information, and the analytics of integrative enterprise information systems

Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-31

  Swanson, G A ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Complexity; Concrete systems; Enterprise information systems; Exchange; Material flow; Money information

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION SCIENCE;

ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 39849090178     PISSN: 17517575     EISSN: 17517583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17517570701846570     Document Type: Article

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