The Impact of ICT on Supplier-Buyer Relationship in Different Types of Supply chain

摘要：

No doubt exists that ICT (information and communication technology) is emerging as a key resource in the supply chain management. Concurrently, the introducing and usage of ICT in supply chains change the relationship between buyers and suppliers. The purpose of this paper is to research how ICT affect the supplier-buyer relationship in different types of supply chains. Three factors, which are communication frequency, trust and relationship stabilization, are discussed as the key characteristics of the supplier-buyer relationship. We find that the impact of ICT is not the same in different types of supply chain.

关键词： ICT supply chain supplier-buyer relationship

作者: Xuan Zhang Yuanzhang Liu

作者单位: School of Management of Graduate University Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 第三届IEEE无线通讯、网络技术暨移动计算国际会议

会议地点: 上海

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2007-09-21（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）