Determinants of manufacturing firms' intent to use web-based systems to share inventory information with their key suppliers

International Journal of e-Collaboration

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 29-54

  Hadaya, Pierre ^a   Pellerin, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic collaboration (e collaboration; Information sharing; Interorganizational information system (IOIS); Inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249119335     PISSN: 15483673     EISSN: 15483681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jec.2008040102     Document Type: Article

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