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Inter-Firm Relationship Governance in the Internet Era: Evidences From an Italian Survey

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This contribution presents some results of the research „Internet and supply chain management: new organisational and managerial models“ based on a survey on 1458 firms operating in Italy and having more than 50 million euros turnover. 463 firms have taken part in the research, with a 31,8 % response rate.

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Bianco, F., Caputo, M., Michelino, F. (2010). Inter-Firm Relationship Governance in the Internet Era: Evidences From an Italian Survey. In: Engelhardt-Nowitzki, C., Nowitzki, O., Zsifkovits, H. (eds) Supply Chain Network Management. Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-6000-9_23

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