The institutional environment for B2B e-commerce adoption: A quantitative study of electronics and textiles firms in Greater China and the USA

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-104

  Zhu, Ling ^a   Thatcher, Sherry M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

B2B e commerce adoption; China; Electronics; Hong Kong; Institutional environment; Taiwan; Textiles; The USA

Indexed keywords

CHINA; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TAIWAN; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

B2B E-COMMERCE ADOPTION; INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT; POLICY IMPLICATIONS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

E-COMMERCE; ELECTRONICS; HONG KONG; TEXTILES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847758985     PISSN: 14709503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2007.012085     Document Type: Article

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