Assessment of e-business adoption in SMEs: A study of manufacturing industry in the UK North East region

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 627-644

  Marasini, Ramesh ^a   Ions, Kevin ^b   Ahmad, Munir ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Electronic commerce; Internet; Manufacturing industries; Small to medium sized enterprises; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INDUSTRY; INTERNET; MODAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY;

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; BUSINESS PROCESSES (BP); CHANGE PROCESSES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; E BUSINESS; GOVERNMENT FUNDING; ICT TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES; LESSONS LEARNED (LL); MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; SMALL TO MEDIUM ENTERPRISES; STEP CHANGES; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 44949087665     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380810877294     Document Type: Article

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