E-service adoption and use in small farms in australia: Lessons learned from a government-sponsored programme

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 45-63

  Pollard, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Agricultural Sector; Australia; E Services; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142730104     PISSN: 1097198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2003.10856349     Document Type: Article

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