A taxonomy of e-business adoption and strategies in small and medium sized enterprises

Strategic Change

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 259-269

  Meckel, Matthias ^a   Walters, David ^a   Greenwood, Anthony ^b   Baugh, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 74049141082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10991697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsc.682     Document Type: Article

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