An information technology therapy approach to microenterprise adoption of ICTs

Association for Information Systems - 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2007: Reaching New Heights

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 4676-4686

  Wolcott, Peter ^a   Qureshi, Sajda ^a   Kamal, Mehruz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology; IT adoption; Micro enterprise

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; DEVELOPMENT NEEDS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; IT ADOPTION; MICRO-ENTERPRISE; MICRO-ENTERPRISES; NEBRASKA;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84870163989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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