Defining the digital divide: The role of e-readiness indicators

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 276-291

  Luyt, Brendan ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Economic policy; Electronic commerce; Internet; Social policy

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); INTERNET; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; ECONOMIC POLICY; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; SOCIAL POLICY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33749324224     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530610687669     Document Type: Article

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