Analyzing ICT and development: Thailand's path to the information economy

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-29

  Techatassanasoontorn, Angsana A ^a   Huang, Haiyan ^b   Trauth, Eileen M ^a   Juntiwasarakij, Suwan ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Economic development; Information economy; Infrastructure; Offshoring; Outsourcing; Policy; Thailand; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION ECONOMY; INFRASTRUCTURE; OFF-SHORING; POLICY; THAILAND;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; INVESTMENTS; OUTSOURCING;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 79954596654     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: 15337995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2011010101     Document Type: Article

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