Organizational adoption of digital information and technology: a theoretical review

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Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 33-46

  Molinillo, Sebastian ^a   Japutra, Arnold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Digital information; ICT; Information technology; Literature review; Organizational adoption; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019725944     PISSN: 0888045X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BL-01-2017-0002     Document Type: Article

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