Supporting the e-business readiness of small and medium-sized enterprises: Approaches and metrics

Internet Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-164

  Jutla, Dawn ^a   Bodorik, Peter ^a   Dhaliwal, Jasbir ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business development; Central government; Infrastructure; Internet; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037753376     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240210422512     Document Type: Article

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