Social aspects of location-monitoring systems: The case of Guide Me and of My-SOS

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Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-274

  Joore, Peter ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Geo information systems; GPS; Guide Me; Location based services (LBS); My SOS; Rebound effect; Social sustainability; Tracking and tracing

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349102749     PISSN: 05390184     EISSN: 14617412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0539018408092573     Document Type: Conference Paper

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