Information sharing and supply chain performance: Understanding complexity, compatibility, and processing

International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 67-76

  Posey, Clay ^a   Bari, Abdullahel ^b  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information complexity; Information processing; Information sharing; Interorganizational information systems; Supply chain performance; Supply chain structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857516057     PISSN: 19355726     EISSN: 19355734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jisscm.2009070105     Document Type: Article

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