Small business alliance: A framework for Internet-enabled strategic advantage

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 1996, Pages 359-367

  Poon, S ^a   Swatman, P M C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION;

ALLIANCE FORMATION; BUSINESS DRIVERS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS; INTERNET SERVICES; STRATEGIC ADVANTAGES; STRATEGIC ALLIANCE;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84986079489     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.1996.495358     Document Type: Conference Paper

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