A classification model to support SME e-commerce adoption initiatives

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 381-394

  Stockdale, Rosemary ^a,b,c   Standing, Craig ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INNSBRUCK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747586557     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000610680262     Document Type: Review

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