Factors that impact technology innovation adoption among Irish professional service sector SMEs

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 629-654

  Ramsey, Elaine ^a   Ibbotson, Patrick ^a   McCole, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internal and external factors; Predicting electronic commerce adoption; Professional service SMEs, Ireland

Indexed keywords

EID: 59049103507     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919608002114     Document Type: Article

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