Determinants of EDI adoption and integration by U.S. and Japanese automobile suppliers

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-33

  Kurokawa, Sam ^a   Manabe, Seiji ^b   Rassameethes, Bordin ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Automobile industry; Automobile suppliers; Business to business electronic commerce; Electronic Data Interchange (EDI); Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549086110     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10919390701807459     Document Type: Article

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