Government intervention in SMEs' e-commerce adoption: An institutional approach

Global Electronic Business Research: Opportunities and Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 158-178

  Scupola, Ada ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84900240004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-642-6.ch008     Document Type: Chapter

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