Port inter-organizational information systems: Capabilities to Service Global Supply Chains

Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information and Operations Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 81-241

  Van Baalen, Peter ^a   Zuidwijk, Rob ^a   Van Nunen, Jo ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX INFORMATION; GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; IT CAPABILITIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION; PORT COMMUNITIES; SEA PORTS; SHARING INFORMATION; TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE;

COMPETITION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 74849109500     PISSN: 15719545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0200000008     Document Type: Article

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