E-relationships – emergence and the small firm

Marketing Intelligence & Planning

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-122

  O’Toole, Thomas ^a  

^a Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Electronic resources; Information technology; Relational databases; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986083378     PISSN: 02634503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02634500310465434     Document Type: Review

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