On network externalities, e-business adoption and information asymmetry

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 728-746

  Lai, Fujun ^a   Wang, Jian ^b   Hsieh, Chang Tseh ^a   Chen, Jeng Chung ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

China; Computer networks; Electronic commerce; Information management

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS;

E-BUSINESS ADOPTION; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 34249095417     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570710750453     Document Type: Article

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