Small business e-commerce development in Sweden - An empirical survey

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 555-570

  Eriksson, Lars Torsten ^a   Hultman, Jens ^b   Naldi, Lucia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Economic growth; Electronic commerce; Small enterprises; Surveys; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249102704     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000810892346     Document Type: Article

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