A multi-perspective cultural study of information technology in developing and developed countries

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 402-426

  Talukder, Majharul ^a   Joham, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Country based virtual communities; Cross cultural comparison; Developing country; Information technology; The USA.; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849108449     PISSN: 17510252     EISSN: 17510260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2009.027105     Document Type: Article

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