Information technology and organizational performance within international business to business relationships: A review and an integrated conceptual framework

International Marketing Review

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 563-583

  Jean, Ruey Jer ^a   Sinkovics, Rudolf R ^a   Kim, Daekwan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel relationships; Communication technologies; International business; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649134575     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651330810904099     Document Type: Review

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