Socio-economic influences of e-commerce adoption

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 3-21

  Sharma, Sushil K ^a   Gupta, Jatinder N D ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing Countries; Digital Divide; India; Internet and E Commerce Adoption; Socio Economic Influences

Indexed keywords

EID: 85003831449     PISSN: 1097198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2003.10856353     Document Type: Article

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