ICT governance in higher education: Case study of the rise and fall of open source in a Gulf University

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD 2009 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 348-356

  Sahraoui, Sofiane M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Case study; Developing countries; Gulf; Higher education; ICT governance; Open source software

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; OPEN SYSTEMS;

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES; GULF; HIGHER EDUCATION; ICT GOVERNANCE; KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT; OPEN SOURCE ADOPTIONS; OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 77951563818     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426692     Document Type: Conference Paper

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