Factors impacting on e-business adoption and development in the smaller firm

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 178-191

  Fillis, Ian ^a   Johannson, Ulf ^b   Wagner, Beverly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competences; Electronic commerce; Entrepreneurs; Internet marketing; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172680     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552550410536762     Document Type: Article

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