Personas of e-commerce adoption in small businesses in New Zealand

Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 18-45

  Al Qirim, Nabeel ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Advanced e commerce; Focus group; Low e commerce; New Zealand; SMEs

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MAIL; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WEBSITES;

ADVANCED E-COMMERCE; FOCUS GROUPS; LOW E-COMMERCE; NEW ZEALAND; SMALL BUSINESSES (SME);

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 33749420426     PISSN: 15392937     EISSN: 15392929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jeco.2006070102     Document Type: Article

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