Business activities and information needs of SMEs in northern Uganda Prerequisites for an information system

Library Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 367-391

  Okello Obura, Constant ^a   Minishi Majanja, M K ^b   Cloete, Linda ^b   Ikoja Odongo, J R ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Information services; Information systems; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349146192     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435120810869138     Document Type: Article

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