Small Slovene Firms and Strategic Information Technology Usage
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Small Slovene Firms and (Strategic) Information Technology Usage
The extent to which information technology (IT) is used strategically is measured in a sample of 147 small Slovene firms. Slovenia is interesting from a small business perspective, because from 1990, when the transformation of its economy started, the number of small business has increased almost 6 times (from almost 6.500 to nearly 35.000 in 1998). The results have shown IT industry leadership...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of East European Management Studies
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0949-6181
DOI: 10.5771/0949-6181-2000-2-152