E-Commerce Diffusion in Small Island Countries: The Influence of Institutions in Barbados

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-15

  Molla, Alemayehu ^a   Taylor, Rodney ^b   Licker, Paul S ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barbados; developing countries; diffusion of innovation; e commerce; institutional theory; regulation; small island countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949134911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2006.tb00186.x     Document Type: Article

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