Diverse views on IT innovation diffusion among SMEs: Influencing factors of broadband adoption

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 729-747

  Oni, Oluwasola ^a   Papazafeiropoulou, Anastasia ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broadband; Innovation diffusion; SMEs; Social construction of technology (SCOT)

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BROADBAND; BROADBAND ADOPTION; BROADBAND INTERNET; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION; INNOVATION DIFFUSION; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZE ENTERPRISE (SMES); SMES; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 84906780754     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-012-9384-7     Document Type: Article

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