Analysing trust as a means of improving the effectiveness of the virtual supply chain

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 325-348

  Paterson, Ian ^a   Maguire, Heather ^a   Al Hakim, Latif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gap analysis; Supply chain; Trust factors; Virtual organisation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; MEATS;

GAP ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SHARING; INTER-ORGANISATIONAL; MARKET OPPORTUNITIES; PERFORMANCE LEVEL; TRUST FACTOR; VIRTUAL ORGANISATIONS; VIRTUAL SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 45849126880     PISSN: 14709503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2008.018826     Document Type: Article

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