Business adoption of information and communications technologies in the two-tier rural economy: Some evidence from the South Midlands

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 447-455

  Mitchell, Suzanne ^a   Clark, David ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information and communications technologies; Rural business; Support for rural business; The English Midlands; The rural economy

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RURAL ECONOMY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033213716     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-0167(99)00012-1     Document Type: Article

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