Crossing the chasm - understanding china's rural digital divide

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 4-36

  Chen, Dongyu ^a   Lin, Zhangxi ^b   Lai, Fujun ^c  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Digital Divide; Rural; Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053111009     PISSN: 1097198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2010.10856513     Document Type: Article

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