Strategic Policy Benchmarking for Technological Development: The IT Cases of Zimbabwe and Botswana

Comparative Sociology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 275-300

  Patterson, Rubin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

BOTSWANA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0034846562     PISSN: 15691322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156851801317046202     Document Type: Article

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