A Comparison of web site adoption in small and large portuguese firms

ICE-B 2008 - Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Business

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 370-377

  Oliveira, Tiago ^a   Martins, Maria F O ^a  

^a NOVA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SCHOOL NOVA IMS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adoption; Information technology; Large firms; Small firms; Web site

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; TECHNOLOGY;

ADOPTION; ADOPTION DECISIONS; COMPETITIVE PRESSURES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; LARGE FIRMS; PORTUGAL; SMALL FIRMS; WEB SITE;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 58049179029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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