ICT adoption and ebusiness development: Understanding ICT adoption amongst ethnic minority businesses

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-219

  Beckinsale, Martin ^a   Ram, Monder ^b   Theodorakopoulos, Nicholas ^c  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

business; business support; ethnic minority business; ICT

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958764905     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242610369745     Document Type: Article

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