The role of electronic commerce in the transformation of distance education

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-127

  Lang, Karl R ^a   Zhao, J Leon ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Distance learning education; Electronic commerce; IT impact; Networked education services; Online learning; Organization redesign; Process automation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013440173     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327744JOCE1002_3     Document Type: Article

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