Adoption of information technology in small business: Testing drivers of adoption for entrepreneurs

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 44-57

  Lee, Jungwoo ^a   Runge, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology adoption; Innovation adoption; Innovativeness; Relative advantage; Small business; Social expectation

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; INNOVATION ADOPTION; INNOVATIVENESS; RELATIVE ADVANTAGE; SMALL BUSINESS; SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INTERNET;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0035633485     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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