A projectives perspective of international “e”-services

Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-47

  Ramsey, Elaine ^a   Ibbotson, Patrick ^a   Bell, Jim ^a   Gray, Brendan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Innovation; Internet; Research; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444496506     PISSN: 13522752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13522750410512868     Document Type: Article

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