Technology adoption in tourism industry: A case of wireless technology (WiMAX) for Tanzania

Proceedings of the International Conference on E-Business and E-Government, ICEE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 376-379

  Mlozi, Shogo ^a   Jing, Fengjie ^a   Sedoyeka, Eliamani ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Institute of Finance Management   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

E commerce; E tourism; ICT; SME's; Tanzania; Tourism; WiMAX

Indexed keywords

E-COMMERCE; ETOURISM; ICT; SME'S; TANZANIA; TOURISM;

COMPETITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; TECHNOLOGY; WIMAX;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 78649644701     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICEE.2010.103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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