Title :
CONNECT: A case study in promoting the advantages of the Internet to SMEs
Author :
Charlton, C. ; Gittings, C. Charlton C ; Leng, P. ; Little, J. ; Neilson, I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Liverpool Univ., UK
Abstract :
The potential of the Internet to provide a means through which economically deprived and geographically isolated sectors of the community may be revitalised has received much attention. This paper details the strategy employed by CONNECT, the Internet Centre for Merseyside Businesses, Department of Computer Science, Liverpool University to help establish Merseyside as a centre of electronic commerce despite its status as one of the most socially deprived regions of Europe
Keywords :
Internet; commerce; electronic trading; CONNECT; Department of Computer Science; Europe; Internet; Internet Centre for Merseyside Businesses; Merseyside; SME; economically deprived areas; electronic commerce centre; geographically isolated areas; socially deprived region; Business; Computer aided software engineering; Computer science; Electronic commerce; Europe; Industrial training; Internet; Isolation technology; Road transportation; Samarium;
Conference_Titel :
Community Networking, 1996. Proceedings., 3rd International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Antwerpen
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3304-7
DOI :
10.1109/CN.1996.534655
