Opportunities and pitfalls related to e-commerce strategies in small-medium firms: A system dynamics approach

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 403-429

  Bianchi, Carmine ^a,b,c,e   Bivona, Enzo ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Business Dynamics Srl   (Italy)

^c ACCENTURE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e CUSA System Dynamics Group ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E-COMMERCE; ENTREPRENEUR; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036748551     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.256     Document Type: Article

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