Institutional environment and the development of information and communication technology in India

Information Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-117

  Lal, Kaushalesh ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

Author keywords

India; Information technology; Institutional environment; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035533295     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019722401750175649     Document Type: Article

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