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Inter-organisational alignment to enhance information technology (IT) driven services innovation in a supply chain: the case of radio frequency identification (RFID)

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Pages 1058-1073 | Received 24 Jan 2011, Accepted 18 Jun 2011, Published online: 14 Sep 2011

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