An Empirical Investigation of Use of Information Technology among Small and Medium Business Organizations: A Bruneian Scenario

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Seyal, Afzaal H ^a   Rahim, Md Mahbubur ^a   Rahman, Mohd Noah A ^a  

^a FACULTY OF ENGINEERING   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Information Technology; Management Information; Microcomputer adoption; Small and Medium Business organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85170033258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2000.tb00014.x     Document Type: Article

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