Can intrafirm IT skills benefit interfirm integration and performance?

Information and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 924-938

  Wang, Eric T G ^a   Chou, Frank K Y ^a   Lee, Neil C A ^a   Lai, S Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Interfirm collaboration; Interfirm integration; IT skills; Performance; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

INTER-FIRM COLLABORATION; INTERFIRM INTEGRATIONS; IT SKILLS; PERFORMANCE;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 84907568015     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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