Investigating the integration of SMEs' information systems: An exploratory case study

International Journal of Information Technology and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 208-234

  Themistocleous, Marinos ^a   Chen, Hsin ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI); Integration technologies; Small and medium sized entrepreneurships (SMEs); Web services

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

BUSINESS PROCESSES; INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGIES; SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTREPRENEURSHIPS (SME); WEB SERVICES;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 4444338262     PISSN: 14614111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijitm.2004.005033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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