Making the transition from pilot to scale: Examining sustainability and scalability issues in a public-private telecenter partnership in Sri Lanka

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 232-248

  Hosman, Laura ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Public private partnerships; Scaling; Sustainability; Telecenters

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; SCALABILITY;

DEVELOPMENT; EMERGING ECONOMIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; SCALABILITY ISSUE; SCALING; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; TELECENTERS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79960352429     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2011.568225     Document Type: Article

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