A contract-based architecture for business networks

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 115-146

  Rittgen, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Business networks; E contracting; Enachment; Frame contract; Interorganizational workflow; Modeling; Negotiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249136127     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415120405     Document Type: Article

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