Evaluating the implementation of business-to-business m-commerce by SMEs based on a new hybrid MADM model

Management Decision

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 290-317

  Lu, Ming Tsang ^a   Hu, Shu Kung ^b   Huang, Li Hua ^c   Tzeng, Gwo Hshiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

DANP (DEMATEL based ANP); Decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL); Mobile commerce; Small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs); VIKOR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924663844     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-01-2014-0012     Document Type: Article

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