A study of e-market adoption barriers in the local government sector

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 509-536

  Johnson, Michael ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study research; E market adoption barriers; E procurement; Local authorities; Local government; Local government sector; Public sector procurement; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867761500     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410391211272810     Document Type: Article

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