Stuck in the conflicted middle: A roletheoretic perspective on B2B E-marketplaces

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-146

  Koch, Hope ^a   Schultze, Ulrike ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

All in one markets; B2B e marketplace; Hierarchy; Market; Move to the middle; Network governance structures; Role conflict; Role theory

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; MARKETING;

B2B E-MARKETPLACE; HIERARCHY; MOVE TO THE MIDDLE; NETWORK GOVERNANCES; ROLE CONFLICTS; ROLE THEORY;

COMPUTER CIRCUITS;

EID: 80051743916     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/23043492     Document Type: Article

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