Predictors of Growth of Teledensity in Developing Countries: A Focus on Middle and Low-Income Countries.

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Mbarika, Victor W ^a   Kah, Muhammadou M O ^b   Musa, Philip F ^c   Meso, Peter ^d   Warren, John ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; IT Investments; Telecommunications; Telecommunications staff; Teledensity; Wait time

Indexed keywords

EID: 7744235300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2003.tb00076.x     Document Type: Article

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