Adoption of e-government in three Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil and Mexico

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 88-100

  Lau, T Y ^a   Aboulhoson, Mira ^a   Lin, Carolyn ^b   Atkin, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

e Government; Latin America; Telecommunication policy

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

E-GOVERNMENT; NON INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION POLICY;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 38949147397     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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