Adopting organizational virtualization in B2B firms: An empirical study in Singapore

Information and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 429-437

  Liu, Chunhui ^a   Sia, Choon Ling ^b   Wei, Kwok Kee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Capability based theory; e Commerce; Institutional theory; Intent formation modeling; Organizational structure; Transaction cost theory; Virtual organizing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; TECHNOLOGY;

B2B ORGANIZATIONS; BUSINESS OPERATIONS; CAPABILITY-BASED THEORY; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; DECISION MAKERS; E-COMMERCE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXTERNAL INFLUENCES; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; INTENT FORMATION MODELING; ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITIES; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURING; SINGAPORE; TRANSACTION COST THEORY; VIRTUAL ORGANIZING; VIRTUALIZATION;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 52149105174     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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