Supply chain information and relational alignments: Mediators of EDI on firm performance

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 377-394

  Tan, Keah Choon ^a   Kannan, Vijay R ^b   Hsu, Chin Chun ^a   Leong, G Keong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Company performance; Electronic data interchange; Information exchange; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952900334     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600031011052831     Document Type: Article

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