The impact of ICT development on the global digital divide

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 518-533

  Doong, Shing H ^a   Ho, Shu Chun ^b  

^a SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Convergence; Cross country study; Data clustering; Digital divide; Information and communication technology; National development; Peer effects

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; CROSS-COUNTRY STUDY; DATA CLUSTERING; DIGITAL DIVIDE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PEER EFFECTS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION; DATA REDUCTION; NUMBER THEORY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84867529859     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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