Information infrastructure, governance, and socio-economic development in developing countries

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-65

  Meso, Peter ^a   Musa, Philip ^b   Straub, Detmar ^a   Mbarika, Victor ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Governance; National information infrastructure (NII); Partial least squares analysis; Socio economic development

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849282678     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2008.56     Document Type: Article

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