Adding clicks to bricks: A case study of e-commerce adoption by a Catalan small retailer

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 424-438

  Molla, Alemayehu ^a   Heeks, Richard ^b   Balcells, Isaac ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; E commerce adoption; Europe; Microenterprise; SMEs; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749316921     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000623     Document Type: Article

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