HRM inside UK E-commerce firms: Innovations in the 'new' economy and continuities with the 'old'

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 443-470

  Dietz, Graham ^a   Van Der Wiele, Ton ^b   Van Iwaarden, Jos ^b   Brosseau, Julie ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Beaufort International ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'New economy'; E commerce; HRM; Management; SMEs; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748510168     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242606067267     Document Type: Article

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