Scientific collaboration and the Kerala model: Does the internet make a difference?

Journal of International Development

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 982-996

  Sooryamoorthy, Radhamany ^a   Duque, Ricardo B ^b   Ynalvez, Marcus Antonius ^c   Shrum, Wesley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Development; ICT; Kerala

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 35648930995     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1376     Document Type: Article

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