Using the CATE model to help SMEs expand to global e-commerce markets

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-117

  Ferguson, Chen W ^a   Yen, David C ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B2B; B2C; E business; E commerce; M commerce

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846183314     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2007.011458     Document Type: Article

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