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The search for innovators and early adopters of e-collaborative technologies within small and medium sized enterprises in the UK

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The search for innovators and early adopters of e-collaborative technologies within small and medium sized enterprises in the UK. / Robertson, A; Crouchley, R; Brown, D H et al.
Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, 2007. (Management Science Working Paper Series).

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Harvard

Robertson, A, Crouchley, R, Brown, DH & Lockett, NJ 2007 'The search for innovators and early adopters of e-collaborative technologies within small and medium sized enterprises in the UK' Management Science Working Paper Series, The Department of Management Science, Lancaster University.

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Robertson, A., Crouchley, R., Brown, D. H., & Lockett, N. J. (2007). The search for innovators and early adopters of e-collaborative technologies within small and medium sized enterprises in the UK. (Management Science Working Paper Series). The Department of Management Science.

Vancouver

Robertson A, Crouchley R, Brown DH, Lockett NJ. The search for innovators and early adopters of e-collaborative technologies within small and medium sized enterprises in the UK. Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science. 2007. (Management Science Working Paper Series).

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Robertson, A ; Crouchley, R ; Brown, D H et al. / The search for innovators and early adopters of e-collaborative technologies within small and medium sized enterprises in the UK. Lancaster University : The Department of Management Science, 2007. (Management Science Working Paper Series).

Bibtex

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