Can e-marketplaces bridge the digital divide?

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2003, Pages 339-353

  Standing, C ^a   Sims, I ^a   Stockdale, R ^a   Wassenaar, A ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Electronic marketplaces; Government; Smes

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; PUBLIC POLICY; REGIONAL PLANNING;

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DIGITAL DIVIDE; ELECTRONIC MARKETPLACES; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS; REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SMES;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

EID: 25144491578     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-35695-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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