THE MECHANICS OF INTERNET DIFFUSION IN INDIA: LESSONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 587-592

  Dutta, Amitava ^a   Roy, Rahul ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

developing economies; feedback models; systems dynamics; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; DEVELOPMENTAL GOALS; DIGITAL DIVIDE; FEEDBACK MODEL; INTERNET DIFFUSION; POLICY MAKERS; SOCIAL FACTOR; SOCIAL GOALS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

EID: 12344253481     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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