Determinants of e-business use in U.S. firms

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 9-45

  Hsu, Pei Fang ^a   Kraemer, Kenneth L ^b   Dunkle, Debora ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

E business; Innovation; Innovation diffusion; Innovation implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746930570     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415100401     Document Type: Review

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