Understanding the successful adoption and use of IS/IT in SMEs: An explanation from Portuguese manufacturing industries

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-152

  Caldeira, Mário M ^a,b   Ward, John M ^b  

^a ISEG LISBON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Portugal)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IS success; IT adoption; Manufacturing industries; SMEs

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IS);

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; DATA REDUCTION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0036248363     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2575.2002.00119.x     Document Type: Review

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