Building an e-business scenario for small business: The IBM SME Gateway project

Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-17

  Schlenker, Lee ^a   Crocker, Nicholas ^b  

^a IBM   (France)

^b GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Internet; Small to medium sized enterprises; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992944166     PISSN: 13522752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13522750310457339     Document Type: Article

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