IT industry development and the knowledge economy: A four country study

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 23-49

  Ein Dor, Phillip ^a   Myers, Michael ^b   Raman, K S ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Development policy factors; Endogenous variables; Exogenous variables; IT industry; Small countries; Success factors

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EDUCATION; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PERSONNEL; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DEVELOPMENT POLICY FACTORS; ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES; EXOGENOUS VARIABLES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; SMALL COUNTRIES; SUCCESS FACTORS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 4444328978     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2004100102     Document Type: Review

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