Understanding the factors affecting e-business adoption and impact on logistics processes

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 853-865

  Matopoulos, Aristides ^a   Vlachopoulou, Maro ^a   Manthou, Vicky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agriculture and food technology; Distribution management; Electronic commerce; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION PROCESS; AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY; CASE STUDY RESEARCH; CYCLE TIME REDUCTION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DIRECT COSTS; DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT; EBUSINESS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; LOGISTICS PROCESS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RESEARCH METHODS;

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COST ACCOUNTING; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; LOGISTICS; RESEARCH; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 70349207541     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380910975113     Document Type: Article

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