Business-IT fit in e-procurement systems: Evidence from high-technology firms in China

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-404

  Chang, Hsin Lu ^a   Wang, Kai ^b   Chiu, Iris ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alignment; Business IT fit; Electronic commerce; Electronic procurement; IT adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749138892     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2008.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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