The post-adoption phase of broadband in small businesses

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-52

  Gholami, Roya ^a   Elizabeth, Koh ^b   Lim, John ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Broadband; IS continuance model; Post adoption; Small to medium sized enterprises; Survey

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND; BROADBAND USAGE; COMPETITIVE BUSINESS; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; IS CONTINUANCE; IT KNOWLEDGE; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; POST-ADOPTION; POST-ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; SINGAPORE; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SMALL BUSINESS; SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY-ORGANIZATION-ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORKS;

INTERNET; INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 74349111664     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2010102603     Document Type: Article

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