From the relative to the absolute digital divide in developing countries

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1124-1129

  James, Jeffrey ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Information technology; Mobile phones; The Internet

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION AND DIFFUSION; AFRICA; DIGITAL DIVIDE; IT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; THE INTERNET;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INTERNET; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; ONTOLOGY; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

DEVELOPING WORLD; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; LITERATURE REVIEW; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

AFRICA;

EID: 69449098709     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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