Rationale and future of business-to-business in the automotive industry

International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 130-158

  Chanaron, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Automotive; e B2B; supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344294215     PISSN: 14709511     EISSN: 17415012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJATM.2002.000060     Document Type: Article

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