E-commerce and socio-economic development: Conceptualizing the link

Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 562-594

  Boateng, Richard ^a   Heeks, Richard ^a   Molla, Alemayehu ^b   Hinson, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Economic development; Electronic commerce

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349127084     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240810912783     Document Type: Review

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