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Email TOCs zetoc Alert results for list dff4qj belonging to hwulibram For details of the terms and conditions for use of this Alert see http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/conditions.html JOURNAL OF INTERNET COMMERCE VOL 5; NUMB 1; 2006 ISSN 1533-2861 pp. 1-22 Small Business Electronic Commerce Implementation: A Case Study. Noyes, E.; MacInnes, I. http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/wzgw?terms=RN195147345&field=zid .....

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JOURNAL OF INTERNET COMMERCE

VOL 5; NUMB 1; 2006

ISSN 1533-2861

pp. 1-22

Small Business Electronic Commerce Implementation: A Case Study.

Noyes, E.; MacInnes, I.

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