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new, different digital divide for rural small businesses based not on access to the internet but on its use for digital … regard to closing the proverbial “digital divide” in terms of broadband (high-speed internet) services. Resolution of this … existence of an internet infrastructure but also the small businesses’ willingness and ability to use it effectively.  …
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. The Internet is an excellent research tool to empirically assess the possible relationships between learning style … organisations’ use of the Internet are discussed and proposals are presented for further research.  …
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Small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly making use of e‐commerce. This study seeks to identify the reasons that are causing such businesses to adopt e‐commerce (adoption intentions); the benefits they are realising from their e‐commerce developments; and, importantly,...
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This paper describes the innovative generic business process set (GBPS) model and how this may be used as a functional template for small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) participating in a virtual enterprise. The authors provide specific emphasis on the use of information communication...
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The development of the new economy through the advent of the Internet and the World Wide Web has created many threats …
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accessibility via the Internet. It finds independent breweries have tended to lag similarly sized business in other sectors in the … selling tools. The paper concludes with a discussion of business and policy implications for small businesses and the Internet.  …
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This paper reports on research that investigates how three start‐up dotcoms, founded at the height of the Internet boom … avoided joining the many dotbombs of the subsequent crash of the Internet economy. The paper describes how the companies made … use of Internet‐based information and communication technologies (ICTs) in their business operations. It draws lessons …
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Farm businesses appear to have much to gain from the use of Internet technology, particularly given their spatial … adoption than small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in general, with less than one‐third of UK farmers using the Internet … for business purposes. This article reports on an investigation by the University of Plymouth of Internet adoption by …
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This article employs a holistic overview of the existing specialist literature in an attempt to define, clarify and discriminate between the important aspects of the ongoing electronic revolution (ER). Based upon a critical review of empirically rigorous publications, it aims to identify and...
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international economies and the opportunities presented to them by the internet, it becomes important to understand the key issues … which determine internet adoption and utilisation. With literature on SME internet adoption fragmented and incoherent, there … than taking a more generalist approach to SME internet adoption. Within this evolving research context, the agri …
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