Mobile internet and SMEs: A focus on the adoption

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-261

  Balocco, Raffaello ^a   Mogre, Riccardo ^a   Toletti, Giovanni ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Employee communications; Internet; Italy; Mobile communication systems; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BARRIERS; ADOPTION PROCESS; BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DIFFERENT PROCESS; EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATIONS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; ITALY; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MOBILE INTERNET; MOBILE SOLUTIONS; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIFFUSION BARRIERS; INTERNET; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE DEVICES; PERSONNEL; RADIO BROADCASTING; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE;

EID: 67650706599     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570910930127     Document Type: Article

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