The influence of organizational factors on e-business use: Analysis of firm size

Marketing Intelligence and Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 212-229

  Bordonaba Juste, Victoria ^a   Lucia Palacios, Laura ^a   Polo Redondo, Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

E business; Electronic commerce; Information technology knowledge; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859127371     PISSN: 02634503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02634501211211984     Document Type: Article

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