The role of IT competences in gaining value from e-business: An SME case study

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 640-658

  Ashurst, Colin ^a   Cragg, Paul ^b   Herring, Pauline ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c NTE Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

e business; information technology; IT competence IT value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865117923     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242610375703     Document Type: Article

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