An investigation into the factors influencing the adoption of B2B trading exchanges in small businesses

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 202-215

  Quaddus, Mohammed ^a   Hofmeyer, Glenn ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption diffusion; B2B trading exchanges; Partial least square (PLS); Small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547576298     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000671     Document Type: Article

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