An exploratory study of the SCM practices and IT usage: An emerging market context

International Journal of Information Technology and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 446-467

  Singh, Amar ^a   Narain, Rakesh ^b   Yadav, Ramesh Chandra ^b  

^a Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology   (India)

^b MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

E commerce; India; Information technology; Outsourcing; SCM; Supply chain management; Survey

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; OUTSOURCING; SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL AREAS; INDIA; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TOOLS; MANUFACTURING ORGANISATIONS; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77958495855     PISSN: 14614111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJITM.2010.035464     Document Type: Article

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