An empirical examination of the impact of ICT investments on future levels of institutionalized democracy and foreign direct investment in emerging societies

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 116-149

  Soper, Daniel S ^a   Demirkan, Haluk ^b   Goul, Michael ^b   St Louis, Robert ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Emerging societies; Foreign direct investment; ICT

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY;

CHANGE MODELING; DEMOCRACY; EMERGING SOCIETIES; EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; LONGITUDINAL DATA; SOCIETAL CHANGES;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84862339558     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00289     Document Type: Article

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