Business network-based value creation in electronic commerce

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-144

  Kauffman, Robert J ^a   Li, Ting ^b   Van Heck, Eric ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business networks; case studies; e commerce; economic theory; network stability; network sustainability; theory development; travel and hospitality industry; value creation; value sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958146597     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415150105     Document Type: Article

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