E-business, organizational innovation and firm performance in manufacturing SMEs: an empirical study in Spain

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 885-904

  Soto Acosta, Pedro ^a   Popa, Simona ^a   Palacios Marqués, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

e business; firm performance; knowledge based view; manufacturing; organizational innovation; PLS; SEM; SMEs; TOE framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945205263     PISSN: 20294913     EISSN: 20294921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/20294913.2015.1074126     Document Type: Article

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