Local government: A digital intermediary for the information age?

Information Polity

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 217-230

  Griffin, Dave ^a   Halpin, Eddie ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

e commerce; e government; intermediaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845755745     PISSN: 15701255     EISSN: 18758754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ip-2002-0019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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