E-commerce adoption: Perceptions of managers/owners of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand

Journal of Internet Commerce

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 53-82

  Sutanonpaiboon, Janejira ^a,b   Pearson, Ann M ^b  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; E commerce; Technology adoption; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751339816     PISSN: 15332861     EISSN: 1533287X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J179v05n03_03     Document Type: Article

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