The influence of the Internet in the internationalization of SMEs in Taiwan

Human Systems Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-183

  Jaw, Yi Long ^a   Chen, Chun Liang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

E commerce; Internationalization; Small and medium enterprise (SMEs); The Internet

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MARKETING; PUBLIC POLICY;

DEGREE OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (DOEC); INTERNATIONALIZATION; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE (SMES);

INTERNET;

EID: 33748933049     PISSN: 01672533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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