Empowerment of SME websites - Development of a web-empowerment scale and preliminary evidence

Journal of International Entrepreneurship

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-315

  Sinkovics, Rudolf R ^a   Penz, Elfriede ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Assessment; International marketing; Internet; SME; Website

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646409587     PISSN: 15707385     EISSN: 15737349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10843-006-7858-8     Document Type: Article

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