Analysis of B2B e-marketplaces: An operations perspective

Information Systems and e-Business Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-256

  Zhang, Yifeng ^a   Bhattacharyya, Siddhartha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; B2B e marketplace; Supplier selection strategy; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956909668     PISSN: 16179846     EISSN: 16179854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10257-008-0096-y     Document Type: Article

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