Chinese SMEs and Information Technology Adoption
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Chinese SMEs and Information Technology Adoption
In China, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) tend to be slow in adopting and exploiting information technology (IT) as a means of enhancing their sustainability. It is vital for such firms to adopt IT in order to keep up with an IT-based global business environment. Otherwise, they may find themselves at a severe competitive disadvantage. This paper provides an insight into the low adoption of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1547-5840,1547-5867
DOI: 10.28945/1420