The benefits, innovations, and uses of information and communication technology at the base of the pyramid

ICIS 2006 Proceedings - Twenty Seventh International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1703-1722

  Gordon, Michael D ^a   Dakshinamoorthy, Vijay ^a   Wang, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Base of the Pyramid; Benefits; BOP; Bottom of the Pyramid; Development; ICT; Information and communication technology; Innovation

Indexed keywords

BASE OF THE PYRAMIDS; BENEFITS; BOP; BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID; DEVELOPMENT; ICT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES;

COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84870198587     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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