Municipal ICT policy goals and technology choices: A decision framework

Creative Urban Regions: Harnessing Urban Technologies to Support Knowledge City Initiatives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 95-113

  Maynard, Nicholas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 42749094643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-838-3.ch006     Document Type: Chapter

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