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Small firms and information and communication technologies (ICTs): toward a typology of ICTs usage

New Technology Work and EmploymentPublished 1 September 2000
Alan Southern, Fiona Tilley
Citations151
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score2.79
SNIP2.71

TL;DR

The relationship between small firms and ICTs is examined and a number of typical, but often negated, characteristics that show how small firms use the technology are highlighted.

Abstract

Despite government support for a number of initiatives to encourage more small firms to adopt information and communication technologies (ICTs) implementation of ICTs has been a slow and very diverse development. This article examines the relationship between small firms and ICTs and highlights a number of typical, but often negated, characteristics that show how small firms use the technology.

Keywords

Business, Management and Accounting