Realising e-government in the UK: Rural and urban challenges

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 568-585

  Choudrie, Jyoti ^a   Weerakkody, Vishanth ^b   Jones, Stephen ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Locum Occupational Therapist   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communications; Government; Rural areas; United Kingdom; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444465398     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390510624016     Document Type: Review

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