Factors affecting information satisfaction in the context of the small business environment

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 239-256

  Montazemi, Ali Reza ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

MIS satisfaction; Organizational context; Small business computer usage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000649814     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/248849     Document Type: Article

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