Internet adoption by rapidly internationalising SMEs: A further challenge to staged e-adoption models

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-290

  Loane, Sharon P ^a   Bell, Jim D ^a   Deans, Kenneth R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Internationalisation; Internet adoption; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248354420     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2007.013252     Document Type: Article

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