SME strategies: An assessment of high vs. low performers

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 113-117

  Kim, Daesoo ^a,b,c   Ow, Terence T ^c   Jun, Minjoon ^d  

^a Business School   (United Kingdom)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; E BUSINESSES; E COMMERCES; FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS; HUMAN RESOURCES; INTEGRATED SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTS; MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES; ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITIES; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS;

COMMERCE; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INVESTMENTS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 55149089524     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1400214.1400237     Document Type: Article

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