Network relations and boundary spanning: Understanding the evolution of e-ordering in the Chinese drug distribution industry

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 223-236

  Guo, Xunhua ^a   Reimers, Kai ^b   Xie, Bin ^a   Li, Mingzhi ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

boundary spanning; drug distribution; e ordering; network relations; practice perspective

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY SPANNING; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; E-ORDERING; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS; INTER-ORGANISATIONAL; PRACTICE PERSPECTIVES; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84904399363     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jit.2013.27     Document Type: Article

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