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Traditionally, most organizations have considered themselves as entities that exist independently from others and need to compete with them in order to prosper. However, this attitude can be self-defeating, if it leads to unwillingness to co-operate in order to compete. The background of this philosophy is the basic idea of supply chain integration.

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Gumzej, R. (2021). E-Commerce. In: Intelligent Logistics Systems for Smart Cities and Communities. Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81203-4_6

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