Putting e-commerce adoption in a supply chain context

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 313-330

  Bakker, Elmer ^a   Zheng, Jurong ^a   Knight, Louise ^a   Harland, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Health services sector; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849100238     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570810861543     Document Type: Article

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