Business strategies for small firms in the new economy

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 306-320

  Tse, Terence ^a   Soufani, Khaled ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Internet; Small enterprises; Strategic objectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986082915     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000310489781     Document Type: Article

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