Drivers, benefits and challenges of ICT adoption by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs): A literature review

Problems and Perspectives in Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-114

  Barba Sánchez, Virginia ^a   Martínez Ruiz, María Del Pilar ^a   Jiménez Zarco, Ana Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs); Innovation orientation; Small and medium sized companies (SMEs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349147838     PISSN: 17277051     EISSN: 18105467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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