Information needs, enterprise growth and e-commerce intermediation: a study of southern-Brazilian companies

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 218-232

  Scornavacca, Eusebio ^a   Becker, Joao Luiz ^b   Barnes, Stuart J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; business growth; information intermediation; information needs; lexical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645910628     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijmed.2004.004522     Document Type: Article

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