How e-government strategies influence e-commerce adoption by SMEs

Electronic Government

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-42

  Lau, Adela S M ^a   Kwok, Vennesa W S ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Credit Suisse group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adoption of e commerce; E government policy; Small and Medium Enterprises; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847661986     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2007.012177     Document Type: Article

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