Activity, ICT, and Material Infrastructure in Complex Multi-Organisational Settings: An assessment of innovation potential for pharmaceutical cold chain transport and handling

22nd Bled eConference eEnablement: Facilitating an Open, Effective and Representative eSociety - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 170-188

  Higgins, Allen ^a   Mangan, Anita ^b   Kerrigan, Angela ^c   Laffan, Suzanne ^c   Klein, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold chain; Inter organisational system; Network innovation; Real time

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; COMPLEX NETWORKS;

COLD CHAIN; INNOVATION POTENTIAL; INTER-ORGANISATIONAL SYSTEMS; NETWORK INNOVATIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL COLD CHAIN; REAL TIME; STANDARD PRACTICES; TECHNOLOGY IN USE;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 84925947323     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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