Small firms and e-business: Cautiousness, contingency and cost-benefit

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1 SPEC ISS., 2004, Pages 27-39

  Zheng, Jurong ^a   Caldwell, Nigel ^a   Harland, Christine ^a   Powell, Philip ^a   Woerndl, Maria ^a   Xu, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

e business; SMEs; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842843679     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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