SMEs' e-commerce adoption: Perspectives from Denmark and Australia

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 152-166

  Scupola, Ada ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Australia; Denmark; Electronic commerce; Internet; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249101526     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390910932803     Document Type: Article

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