IT-enabled Services as Development Drivers in Low-Income Countries: The Case of Fiji

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-18

  Davis, Charles H ^a   McMaster, Jim ^b   Nowak, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

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EID: 34250360132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2002.tb00054.x     Document Type: Article

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