Organizational Readiness and the Adoption of Electronic Business - The Moderating Role of National Culture in 29 European Countries

Data Base for Advances in Information Systems

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 117-131

  Kollmann, Tobias ^a   Kuckertz, Andreas ^a   Breugst, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adoption; Electronic Business; Europe; Individualism; Masculinity; National Cultural Effects; Power Distance; Uncertainty Avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012844306     PISSN: 00950033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1644953.1644961     Document Type: Article

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