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An e-commerce dissemination project for small and medium-sized enterprises is analyzed to determinate its successfulness. After a theoretical discussion of different success measurements, different phases of the dissemination project are examined from different perspectives by representing the three different groups of participants — project management, consultancies, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Understanding the process of carrying out a dissemination project will help to identify determining factors for the successfulness of such projects which in fact depends on the different perspectives presented in this paper.
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Ulbrich, F. (2003). Failing with Success. In: Andersen, K.V., Elliot, S., Swatman, P., Trauth, E., Bjørn-Andersen, N. (eds) Seeking Success in E-Business. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 123. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35692-1_3
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