An empirical study of website adoption among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia

Innovation and Knowledge Management in Business Globalization: Theory and Practice - Proceedings of the 10th International Business Information Management Association Conference

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2008, Pages 339-351

  Narayanasamy, Kogilah ^a   Santhapparaj, A S ^a   Eze, Uchenna Cyril ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Internet adoption, SMEs; Success factor, manufacturing, service; Website adoption

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE; WEBSITES;

ADOPTION PATTERNS; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INTERNET ADOPTION; SERVICES SECTORS; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; STATISTICAL FINDING; SUCCESS FACTORS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84896293965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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