Establishing the use of cloud computing in supply chain management

Operations Management Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 47-63

  Cao, Qing ^a   Schniederjans, Dara G ^b   Schniederjans, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Case studies; Literature review; Structural equation modeling; Supplier policies and procedures; Supply chain management; Survey methods; Technology management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011827169     PISSN: 19369735     EISSN: 19369743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12063-017-0123-6     Document Type: Article

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