The impact of e-commerce on small irish firms

International Journal of Services, Technology and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 317-332

  Ibbotson, Patrick ^a   Fahy, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bom global; E business adoption; E commerce; Entrepreneurship; Internationalisation; Internet usage; SME

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MARKETING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; WEBSITES;

BORN-GLOBAL; CONSUMER PROTECTION; E-BUSINESS ADOPTION; ENTERPRENEURSHIP; INTERNATIONALIZATION; INTERNET USAGE; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRIZES (SME);

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 3242793299     PISSN: 14606720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTM.2004.004845     Document Type: Review

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