E-ordering in the pharmaceutical supply chain explaining standardisation from a collective action perspective

HEALTHINF 2008 - 1st International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 20-25

  Schellhammer, Stefan ^a   Riemer, Kai ^a   Klein, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collective action; Interorganisational information system (iois); Pharmaceutical industry; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COLLECTIVE ACTION; ELECTRONIC ORDERINGS; INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS; INTERORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (IOIS); PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; STANDARDISATION;

STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 57549108466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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