The adoption of e-business and knowledge management in SMEs

Benchmarking

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-58

  Maguire, S ^a   Koh, S C L ^a   Magrys, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Knowledge management; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847248433     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770710730928     Document Type: Article

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