E-Business in Developing Countries: A Comparison of China and India

International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR)

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-108

  Raven, Peter ^a   Huang, Xiaoqing ^b   Kim, Ben ^a  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Guangxi Institute of Supervising   (United States)

Author keywords

B2B e commerce; B2C e commerce; China; developing countries; global e commerce; India; international e commerce; Internet commerce

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032070784     PISSN: 15481131     EISSN: 1548114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jebr.2007010106     Document Type: Article

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