Investigating the impact of internet in eliminating social exclusion: The case of South Africa

PICMET: Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2094-2101

  Chigona, Wallace ^a   Mbhele, Fidel ^a   Kabanda, Salah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; ECONOMICS; FINANCE; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INTERNET; INVESTMENTS; RESUSCITATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DONOR AGENCIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET ACCESS; PORTLAND; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOUTH AFRICA; SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENTS; WESTERN CAPE , SOUTH AFRICA;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 52449112725     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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