B2B e-commerce adoption decisions in Taiwan: The interaction of cultural and other institutional factors

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 92-104

  Thatcher, Sherry M B ^a   Foster, William ^b   Zhu, Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

B2B e commerce adoption; Chinese culture; Governmental factors; Industrial factors; Organizational factors; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; MANAGERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

B2B E-COMMERCE ADOPTION; CHINESE CULTURE; GOVERNMENTAL FACTORS; INDUSTRIAL FACTORS; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; TAIWAN;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 33747632734     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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