Establishing high-tech industry: The Tunisian ICT experience

Technovation

Volumn 29, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 465-480

  Harbi, Sana ^a   Amamou, Mariam ^b   Anderson, Alistair R ^c  

^a Faculté de Droit et de Sciences Economiques de Sousse   (Tunisia)

^b Inst Superieur de Gestion de Sousse   (Tunisia)

^c ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; High tech; ICT; Research and development; Success; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

HIGH TECH; ICT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUCCESS; TUNISIA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

EID: 67349141396     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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