One Laptop Per Child (OLPC): A novel computerization movement?

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kraemer, Kenneth L ^a   Dedrick, Jason ^b   Sharma, Prakul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS; ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; OPERATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

INNOVATION;

EID: 79952924322     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2011.327     Document Type: Conference Paper

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