Adoption of electronic data interchange in small and medium-sized enterprises

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 61-85

  Chau, Patrick Y K ^a   Jim, Cathy C F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b IBM Research   (China)

Author keywords

Electronic data interchange; Interorganizational information systems; IT adoption; Small business

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURVEYS;

INTERORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE;

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE;

EID: 0041473543     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2002100104     Document Type: Article

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