Article ID: | iaor20041427 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 33 |
Issue: | 4 |
Start Page Number: | 495 |
End Page Number: | 504 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2002 |
Journal: | Decision Sciences |
Authors: | Vakharia Asoo J. |
Keywords: | e-commerce |
In recent years, the area of Supply Chain Management has generated a substantial amount of interest both by managers and researchers. This interest has also been fueled by the growth in the development and application of e-business technologies. These technologies enable the supply chain manager to make coordinated decisions by integrating the diverse and sometimes conflicting objectives of the various trading partners in a chain. The purpose of this paper is to: (a) highlight strategic and tactical issues for analyzing supply chains in an e-business setting based on papers published in this special issue; and (b) describe future research opportunities in this emerging interdisciplinary area.