Are Slovene small firms using information technology strategically?

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 74-81

  Lesjak, Dušan ^a   Lynn, Monty L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IT INDUSTRY; LOW-COST STRATEGIES; SLOVENIA; SMALL BUSINESS; SMALL FIRM;

INDUSTRY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0035609333     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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