Electronic commerce benefits and adoption barriers in small and medium enterprises in Gweru, Zimbabwe

Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Thulani, Dube ^a   Tofara, Chitura ^b   Langton, Runyowa ^a  

^a BINDURA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION   (Zimbabwe)

^b MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Small and medium enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953311133     PISSN: 12045357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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