ICT - enabled market freedoms and their impacts in developing countries: Opportunities, frustrations, and surprises

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-86

  Wresch, William ^a   Fraser, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Amartya Sen; Caribbean business; developing countries; e commerce; ICTs

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; WEBSITES;

AMARTYA SEN; ECONOMIC FREEDOM; ICTS; LOCAL BANKS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SMALL BUSINESS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

EID: 84856078612     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2011.643196     Document Type: Article

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