The influence of strategic dimensions and the environment on the introduction of internet as innovation into small and medium-sized enterprises

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-218

  Aragon Correa, J Alberto ^a   Cordon Pozo, Eulogio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; INTERNET; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 21344470106     PISSN: 09537325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537320500088856     Document Type: Article

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