IT diffusion in small and medium–sized enterprises: Elements for policy definition

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 169-181

  La Rovere, Renata Lèbre ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0000117661     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681102.1996.9525282     Document Type: Article

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50. This paper was written while the author was conducting post–doctoral research in the Information Systems Department of Rostock University, Germany. The author wishes to thank Prof. H. Roeck for the institutional support provided. This work was supported by CNPq, Brazil.