Reasons why farmers in Australia adopt the Internet

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-41

  Rolfe, John ^a   Gregor, Shirley ^b   Menzies, Don ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Computing; Internet

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; MARKETING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

LANDHOLDERS;

INTERNET;

EID: 0037811549     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-4223(03)00004-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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