Deinstitutionalization in the context of software exports policymaking in Costa Rica

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 332-342

  Nicholson, Brian ^a   Sahay, Sundeep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Informatics ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Deinstitutionalization; National software export policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450263464     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jit.2009.18     Document Type: Article

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