Determinants of construction companies' use of web-based interorganizational information systems

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 371-384

  Hadaya, Pierre ^a   Pellerin, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Construction industry; Information systems; Inventory; Knowledge sharing; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956080436     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598541011068305     Document Type: Article

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