Knowledge creation and dissemination in sub-Saharan Africa

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 392-405

  Ha, Louisa ^a   Okigbo, Raphael Nnajiofor ^b   Igboaka, Primus ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Action research; Agriculture; Broadband networks; Knowledge creation; Rural areas; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049109307     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810863852     Document Type: Article

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