Digital divide across the European Union

Information and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 278-291

  Cruz Jesus, Frederico ^a   Oliveira, Tiago ^a   Bacao, Fernando ^a  

^a NOVA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SCHOOL NOVA IMS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Digital development; Digital divide; Electronic services; European Union; Factor analysis and cluster analysis; ICT; Information society

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT; DIGITAL DIVIDE; ELECTRONIC SERVICES; EUROPEAN UNION; ICT; INFORMATION SOCIETY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84869084982     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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