Environments for information systems implementation in small businesses

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 253-278

  Thong, James Y L ^a   Yap, Chee Sing ^b   Raman, K S ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Consultant; External IS expertise; Implementation environments; Information systems (IS); Small businesses; Top management support; Vendor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001442266     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327744joce0704_1     Document Type: Article

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