Toward Virtual Communities in Rural Australia

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-60

  Wilde, W David ^a   Swatman, Paul A ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community based electronic commerce; Farm sector; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039236859     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10864415.1997.11518303     Document Type: Article

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