Information Technology (IT) Appropriateness: The Contingency Theory of “Fit” and it Implementation in Small and Medium EnterprisesFootnote

1 An earlier analysis of the data included in this paper was presented at the International Decisions Science Institute conference in Chihuahua, Mexico, July 8–11, 2001.

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