Ebusiness barriers to growth within the SME sector

Journal of Systems and Information Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-25

  Jones, Paul ^a   Beynon Davies, Paul ^b   Muir, Elizabeth ^c  

^a Coleg Sir Gar ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

constraining growth; Ebusiness; SMEs; Wales

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993027484     PISSN: 13287265     EISSN: 17588847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13287260380000771     Document Type: Review

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