E-business's impact on organizational flexibility

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1071-1080

  Phillips, Paul A ^a   Wright, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Human Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; E business; Effectiveness; Flexibility; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749108163     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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