Using the internet to enable developing country universities to meet the challenges of globalization through collaborative virtual programmes

First Monday

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Keats, Derek W ^a   Beebe, Maria ^b   Kullenberg, Gunnar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

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EID: 13244284131     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v8i10.1084     Document Type: Article

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