An empirical study of determinants of E-Commerce adoption in SMEs in Vietnam: An Economy in Transition

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 23-54

  Van Huy, Le ^a   Rowe, Frantz ^b   Truex, Duane ^c,d   Huynh, Minh Q ^e  

^a University of Economics The University of Danang   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B2B; B2C; E Commerce Adoption; Innovation; Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs); Technology Organization Environment (TOE) Framework; Transition Economies; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

B2B; B2C; E-COMMERCE ADOPTION; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY-ORGANIZATION-ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORKS; TRANSITION ECONOMY; VIET NAM;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INNOVATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PUBLIC POLICY;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84868224631     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: 15337995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2012070102     Document Type: Article

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