Informing industry via academic research in ICT skill and capability development

Business Web Strategy: Design, Alignment, and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 26-45

  Petrova, Krassie ^a   Medlin, Dawn ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77951097590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-024-0.ch002     Document Type: Chapter

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