Identifying success factors for rapid growth in SME E-commerce

Small Business Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-62

  Feindt, Sylvie ^a   Jeffcoate, Judith ^b   Chappell, Caroline ^c  

^a Sylvie Feindt Consulting   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c The Trefoyle Partnership   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036092716     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016165825476     Document Type: Review

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