An exploratory study of the socio-cultural impact on the adoption of e-commerce for firms in the tourism industry of Thailand

Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Vatanasakdakul, Savanid ^a   D'Ambra, John ^a  

^a Technology and Management University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Digital divide; Etourism; Internet; It adoption; Thailand; Tourism industry

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DIVIDE; ETOURISM; IT ADOPTION; THAILAND; TOURISM INDUSTRY;

CELL CULTURE; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84870640126     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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