E-commerce implementation challenges: Small to medium-sized versus large organisations

International Journal of Business Information Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 256-275

  Yasin, Mahmoud M ^a   Czuchry, Andrew J ^a   Gonzales, Maria ^a   Bayes, Paul E ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; E commerce practices; Implementation; Organisation size; Planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644591027     PISSN: 17460972     EISSN: 17460980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2006.008599     Document Type: Article

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