Investments in ICT-capital and economic performance of small and medium scale enterprises in East Africa

Journal of International Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 533-552

  Chowdhury, Shyamal K ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

East Africa; Enterprises; ICT capital; ICTs; Investments

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33646572205     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1250     Document Type: Article

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