Information Technology Competence and Value Creation in Supplier-Customer Relationships

Journal of Relationship Marketing

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 45-59

  Walter, Achim ^a   Ritter, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

German automobile industry; Information technology competence; Relationship value; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009539302     PISSN: 15332667     EISSN: 15332675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J366v03n04_04     Document Type: Article

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