ICT research, the new economy, and the evolving discipline of economics: Back to the future?

Information Society

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 317-320

  Engelbrecht, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

General purpose technology; ICT; Information economy; Internet; Knowledge( based) economy; New Economy; Unified theory of information and knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144486192     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240591007634     Document Type: Review

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