SMEs' adoption of enterprise applications: A technology-organisation-environment model

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 735-753

  Ramdani, Boumediene ^a   Chevers, Delroy ^b   Williams, Densil A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Enterprise applications; Enterprise systems; Small to medium sized enterprises; Technology organization environment framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888986080     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JSBED-12-2011-0035     Document Type: Article

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