Supporting the diversity of B2B E-contracting processes

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 39-70

  Angelov, Samuil ^a   Grefen, Paul ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business to business e contracting; E contracting process model; Flexible e contracting

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249102671     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415120402     Document Type: Article

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