Electronic data interchange: Research review and future directions

Decision Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-163

  Narayanan, Sriram ^a   Marucheck, Ann S ^b   Handfield, Robert B ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic data interchange (EDI); Electronic linkages; Meta analysis; Supply chain collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849086828     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2008.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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