Rural small firms' use of the internet: From global to local

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 254-262

  Galloway, Laura ^a   Sanders, John ^a   Deakins, David ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Business; Entrepreneurship; Internet; Local; Rural; Theory

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; INTERNET; RURAL AREA; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960900221     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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