Rural business use of information and communications technologies (ICTs): a study of the relative impact of collective activity in rural Scotland

Strategic Change

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 139-150

  Deakins, David ^a   Mochrie, Robbie ^b   Galloway, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34248993962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10991697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsc.683     Document Type: Article

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