Factors affecting e-commerce adoption in the electronic manufacturing companies in Malaysia

International Journal of Commerce and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 125-139

  Alam, Syed Shah ^a   Khatibi, Ali ^b   Ahmad, Mohd Ismail Sayyed ^c   Ismail, Hishamuddin Bin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b University College of Technology and Management   (Malaysia)

^c INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Electronics industry; Internet; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946834853     PISSN: 10569219     EISSN: 17588529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10569210710776503     Document Type: Article

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