Informatics and the Inca

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 306-318

  Beynon Davies, Paul ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core concepts; Historical research; Information management; Information systems; Information technology

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LINGUISTICS;

HISTORICAL RESEARCH; INTELLECTUAL DISTANCE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547868911     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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