Influence of interorganizational relationships on SMEs' e-business adoption

Internet Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-331

  Chong, Alain Yee Loong ^a   Ooi, Keng Boon ^b   Lin, Binshan ^c   Tang, Shu Yi ^a  

^a INTI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel relationships; Communication technologies; Electronic commerce; Malaysia; Small to medium sized enterprise

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350077260     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240910965379     Document Type: Article

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