Understanding the development of IOS-based trading partner relationships: A structural model with empirical validation

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-60

  Son, Jai Yeol ^a   Narasimhan, Sridhar ^b   Riggins, Frederick J ^c   Kim, Namwoon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; Electronic data interchange; Interorganizational information systems; IT adoption; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549156007     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10919390701807095     Document Type: Article

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