Small firm Internet adoption: Opportunities forgone, a journey not begun

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-297

  Jones, Colin ^a   Hecker, Rob ^a   Holland, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Electronic commerce; Entrepreneurialism; Internet marketing; Market orientation; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986038171     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000310489763     Document Type: Article

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