Evaluating the critical determinants for adopting e-market in Australian small-and-medium sized enterprises

Management Research Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 289-308

  Duan, Xiaoxia ^a   Deng, Hepu ^a   Corbitt, Brian ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; E market; Electronic commerce; Small to medium sized enterprises; Technology adoption; Technology organization environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858397035     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409171211210172     Document Type: Article

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