E-commerce adoption support and advice for UK SMEs

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-328

  Simpson, Mike ^a   Docherty, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Continuum Consulting ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993026757     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000410551573     Document Type: Article

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