Factors influencing the extent of deployment of electronic commerce for small-and medium-sized enterprises

Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-29

  Chong, Sandy ^a   Pervan, Graham ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

B2B e commerce; E commerce implementation; E commerce in SMEs; Electronic commerce theory

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTERNET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BUSINESS TO BUSINESS (B2B) ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; E-COMMERCE IMPLEMENTATION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE THEORY; INSTITUTIONAL INFLUENCES;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 34047196456     PISSN: 15392937     EISSN: 15392929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jeco.2007010101     Document Type: Review

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