E-commerce in Nepal: a case study of an underdeveloped country

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 306-324

  Ngudup, Penjor ^a   Chen, Jason C H ^a   Lin, Binshan ^b  

^a GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business to Customer (B2C); e commerce; information products; internet; telecommunication infrastructure; vertical portals

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644592524     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijmed.2005.006564     Document Type: Article

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