How well are Europe's rural businesses connected to the digital economy?

European Planning Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1063-1081

  Grimes, Seamus ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; RURAL ECONOMY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27244431503     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310500242105     Document Type: Article

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