Diffusion and effects of cyber-crime in developing economies

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1057-1079

  Kshetri, Nir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNET; PARALLEL ECONOMY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE GAP;

EID: 78649491735     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2010.518752     Document Type: Article

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