Internet diffusion in creative micro-businesses: Identifying change agent characteristics as critical success factors

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 197-214

  De Berranger, Pascale ^a   Tucker, David ^b   Jones, Laurie ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Change agents; Information technology; Internet adoption and diffusion; Micro businesses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040154521     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327744JOCE1103_04     Document Type: Article

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