The effects of infrastructure and policy on e-business in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-20

  Okoli, Chitu ^a   Mbarika, Victor W A ^b   McCoy, Scott ^c  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Thomas Jefferson Public Policy Program   (United States)

Author keywords

E business; E commerce; ICT infrastructure; ICT policy; Latin America; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949764399     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2009.48     Document Type: Article

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