Globalization and the digital divide: The roles of structural conduciveness and global connection in internet diffusion

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 190-207

  Crenshaw, Edward M ^a   Robison, Kristopher K ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645112808     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0038-4941.2006.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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