E-commerce usage and perception of e-commerce issues among small firms: Results and implications from an empirical study

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 501-521

  Bharadwaj, Prashanth Nagendra ^a   Soni, Ramesh G ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 34548081219     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2007.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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