The influence of partner's trust-commitment relationship on electronic commerce strategic planning

Management Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 491-507

  Lai, Jhih Ming ^a   Lee, Gwo Guang ^a   Hsu, Wei Lin ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Partnership; Strategic planning; Taiwan; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651008526     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740910946741     Document Type: Article

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