Does e-commerce fulfil its promise for developing country (South African) garment export producers?

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-178

  Moodley, Sagren ^a   Morris, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; E-COMMERCE; EXPORT; GARMENT INDUSTRY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3142774447     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600810410001699939     Document Type: Article

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