Last orders1 at the rural cyber pub: A failure of social learning?

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-91

  McLoughlin, Ian ^a   Preece, David ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Teesside   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital divide; PHR; Public internet access; Service industries; Social innovation; Social learning; public house reTWNl

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

DIGITAL DIVIDE; PUBLIC INTERNET; SERVICE INDUSTRIES; SOCIAL INNOVATIONS; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 77952412798     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2010.033129     Document Type: Article

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