E-supply chain operational and behavioural perspectives: An empirical study of Malaysian SMEs

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 525-546

  Hafeez, K ^a   Keoy, K H A ^b   Zairi, M ^c   Hanneman, R ^d   Koh, S C Lenny ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Business Support International Services Limited   (Malaysia)

^c BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E business adoption; E supply chain; Network organisation; SMEs; Structural equation modelling; Systems engineering

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; E-TECHNOLOGY; EBUSINESS; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GENERIC FRAMEWORKS; KEY DETERMINANTS; LOGISTICS NETWORK; MALAYSIANS; NETWORK ORGANISATION; SEM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; SUPPLY CHAIN COMPANY; SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK; SUPPLY CHAIN RELATIONSHIPS; SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY; SURVEY DATA;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 76249131760     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540903175079     Document Type: Article

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