Proliferation of computers among Taiwanese SMEs

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-73

  Yeh, Quey Jen ^a   Chang, Arthur Jung Ting ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer effects; Computer Based Information Systems (CBIS); Level of computerisation; Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs); Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947624695     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2007.012173     Document Type: Article

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