The domestication of online technologies by smaller businesses and the 'busy day'

Information and Organization

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 84-106

  Harwood, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestication; E commerce; Online technology; Social Shaping of Technology; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955733708     PISSN: 14717727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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