An empirical study of E-business implementation process in China

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 134-147

  Zhao, Jing ^a   Vincent Huang, Wilfred ^b   Zhu, Zhen ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative process capabilities (CPCs); E business implementation process; Information sharing capabilities (ISCs); IT related resources; Strategic initiative

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT;

COLLABORATIVE PROCESS CAPABILITIES; E-BUSINESS IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INFORMATION SHARING CAPABILITIES; STRATEGIC INITIATIVE;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 39849090310     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2007.912930     Document Type: Article

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