Improving the interorganizational supply chain through optimization of information flows

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-237

  Lewis, Ira ^a   Talalayevsky, Alexander ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution management; Electronic commerce; Organizational processes; Supply chain management; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037641     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390410531470     Document Type: Article

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