Exploring B-to-B e-commerce adoption trajectories in manufacturing SMEs

Technovation

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1443-1456

  Lefebvre, Louis A ^a   Lefebvre, Élisabeth ^a,d   Elia, Elie ^a,b,d   Boeck, Harold ^a,c,d  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d Centre of Expertise in Electronic Commerce ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Adoption trajectories; B to B e commerce; Cumulative benefits; SMEs

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION TRAJECTORIES; B-TO-B- E-COMMERCE; CUMULATIVE BENEFITS; SME;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; TRAJECTORIES;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 26444562324     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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