Cultivating Technological Innovation for Development

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-15

  Corea, Stephen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0013254508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2000.tb00009.x     Document Type: Article

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