A survey-based study on ICT adoption in the third-party logistics industry

International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 65-85

  Lau, Kwok Hung ^a   Huang, Haibo ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information and Communication Technology; IT Adoption; Outsourcing; Supply Chain Management; Third Party Logistics Industry

Indexed keywords

CHANGING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT; EFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; IT ADOPTION; MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS (3PL); THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS INDUSTRIES;

COMMUNICATION; COMPETITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDUSTRY; LOGISTICS; OUTSOURCING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84873882255     PISSN: 19355726     EISSN: 19355734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jisscm.2012100104     Document Type: Review

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