ICT adoption by SMEs: Implications for relationships and management

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-217

  Ritchie, Bob ^a   Brindley, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 33745250091     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2005.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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