A diffusion theoretic approach to analysing e-business up-take in small building enterprises

Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction

Volumn 11, Issue , 2006, Pages 149-159

  Aranda Mena, Guillermo ^a   Wakefield, Ron ^a   Lombardo, Ric ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

e business adoption; Innovation diffusion; Small building enterprise; Technology uptake

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

E-BUSINESS ADOPTION; INNOVATION DIFFUSION; SMALL BUILDING ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY UPTAKE;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 33645779883     PISSN: 14006529     EISSN: 14006529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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