Determinants of success for computer usage in small business

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 51-61

  DeLone, William H ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer usage; IS success; Small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002681615     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/248803     Document Type: Article

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