Electronic business in developing countries: The digitalization of bad practices?

Electronic Business in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-33

  Ferran, Carlos ^a   Salim, Ricardo ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cautus Networks Corp   (United States)

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EID: 84865548910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-354-8.ch001     Document Type: Chapter

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