Customer-focused e-business model for the oil industry

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 11-21

  Wei, June ^a   Van Der Ende, Léon ^a   Lin, Binshan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer chain management; Electronic business; Oil electronic energy security

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER CHAINS; E-BUSINESS MODELS; E-BUSINESS SOLUTIONS; ELECTRONIC BUSINESS; ELECTRONIC CUSTOMERS; ELECTRONIC ENERGIES; PATTERN ANALYSIS; SUPPLY AND DEMAND;

CHAINS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY SECURITY; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SALES;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 67649114026     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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