Diffusing the Internet in the Arab world: The role of social norms and technological culturation

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-63

  Loch, Karen D ^a   Straub, Detmar W ^a   Kamel, Sherif ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Cultural obstacles; Culture and (information technology (IT); Developing countries; Diffusion of innovations; Internet; Technology adaptation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

TECHNOLOGICAL CULTURATION;

INTERNET;

EID: 0037322632     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2002.808257     Document Type: Article

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