Electronic data interchange and small organizations: Adoption and impact of technology

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 465-485

  Iacovou, Charalambos L ^a   Benbasat, Izak ^a   Dexter, Albert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Electronic data interchange; Interorganizational systems; Small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749159243     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249629     Document Type: Article

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