Predicting electronic commerce adoption in Chilean SMEs

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 697-705

  Nasco, Suzanne Altobello ^a   Toledo, Elizabeth Grandón ^b   Mykytyn Jr , Peter P ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL BÍO BÍO   (Chile)

Author keywords

E commerce; Information technology; SMEs; Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649092036     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2007.06.047     Document Type: Article

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