The strategic mediator: A paradoxical role for a collaborative e-marketplace

Electronic Markets

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-66

  Rossignoli, Cecilia ^a   Carugati, Andrea ^a   Mola, Lapo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Collaborative business process; E marketplace; Electronic intermediation; Technology strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951807770     PISSN: 10196781     EISSN: 14228890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12525-009-0005-3     Document Type: Article

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