E-Business assimilation in China's international trade firms: The technology-organizationenvironment framework

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-65

  Li, Dahui ^a   Lai, Fujun ^b   Wang, Jian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b University of Southern Mississppi   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; E business assimilation; Environmental uncertainty; Inter organizational dependence; IT capability; Learning orientation; Ownership; Partial least squares technology organization environment framework; Relative advantage; Trading

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CHINA; EBUSINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL; IT CAPABILITIES; LEARNING ORIENTATION; OWNERSHIP; RELATIVE ADVANTAGE; TECHNOLOGY-ORGANIZATION-ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORKS; TRADING;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 73949116469     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: 15337995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2010091103     Document Type: Article

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