Determining factors for the adoption of e-business: The case of SMEs in Korea

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1905-1916

  Jeon, Bang Nam ^a   Han, Kyeong Seok ^b,c   Lee, Myung Jin ^b,d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d The Korea Chamber of Commerce   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; E-COMMERCE; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; STATISTICAL DATA; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; NORTH KOREA;

EID: 33749010060     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500427262     Document Type: Article

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