The impact of wireless field force automation on New Zealand trade services organizations

4th Annual International Conference on Mobile Business, ICMB 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 49-55

  Innes, Douglas ^a   Barnes, Stuart J ^b   Scornavacca, Eusebio ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

AUTOMATION;

EID: 84937853048     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMB.2005.102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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