Disparities in ICT adoption: A multidimensional approach to study the cross-country digital divide

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 10-11, 2009, Pages 596-610

  Billon, Margarita ^a   Marco, Rocio ^a   Lera Lopez, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation; Cross country; Digital divide; ICT; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL CORRELATION; CROSS-COUNTRY; DIGITAL DIVIDE; ICT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 70350751553     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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