Risky business: Perceptions of e-business risk by UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-122

  Grant, Kevin ^a   Edgar, David ^b   Sukumar, Arun ^c   Meyer, Martin ^d  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

e Business; Perception of risk; Risk; SME; Survey; Technology

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; SURVEYING;

EBUSINESS; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; MAKING DECISION; NATURE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES; POLICY INTERVENTION; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS; TECHNOLOGY RISKS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84891585864     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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