The Internet as an information conduit in developing countries: An investigation of World Wide Web usability among small and medium textile enterprises in Botswana

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 251-259

  Mbambo, Buhle ^a   Cronjé, Johannes C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Information; Internet; Small to medium sized enterprises; Textile industry

Indexed keywords

BOTSWANA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT; INFORMATION; INTERNET CONNECTIVITY; INTERNET USAGE; INTERNET USE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; SECOND LEVEL; SMALL- TO MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES; SOCIOTECHNICAL;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE PROCESSING; TEXTILES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INTERNET;

EID: 31244435498     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530210443357     Document Type: Article

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