A model of electronic commerce adoption by small voluntary organizations

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-159

  MacKay, Nancy ^a   Parent, Michael ^a   Gemino, Andrew ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Small firms; Voluntary organizations; Website adoption model

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142667855     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000491     Document Type: Article

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