Factors influencing strategie use of information technology and its impact on business performance of SMEs

ETRI Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-506

  Kim, Moon Koo ^a   Jee, Kyoung Yong ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Business performance; Small and medium enterprise (SME); Strategic use of IT

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURVEYING;

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISES (SME); STRATEGIC USE OF IT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34548032126     PISSN: 12256463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4218/etrij.07.0106.0303     Document Type: Article

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