The adoption of internet commerce by SMES in the south of Italy: An environmental, technological and organizational perspective

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-71

  Scupola, Ada ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adoption; Diffusion; E commerce; Internet; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957812108     PISSN: 1097198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2003.10856343     Document Type: Article

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