The use of ICTs in Namibia's SME sector to access business information services

The Electronic Library

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-157

  Rufaro, Elisha ^a   Dick, Archie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Information services; Internet; Namibia; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 49949093949     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470810864055     Document Type: Article

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