An empirical study of factors that influence E-commerce adoption/non-adoption in small and medium sized businesses

Journal of Internet Commerce

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-21

  Pearson, J Michael ^a   Grandon, Elizabeth E ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL BÍO BÍO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Electronic commerce adoption; Small and medium sized businesses

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746848086     PISSN: 15332861     EISSN: 1533287X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J179v04n04_01     Document Type: Article

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