E-business deployment in Nigerian financial firms: An empirical analysis of key factors

International Journal of e-Business Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 29-47

  Eze, Uchenna Cyril ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Electronic business; Financial firms; Information systems; Nigeria; Toe perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349104473     PISSN: 15481131     EISSN: 1548114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jebr.2008040103     Document Type: Article

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