Information and communications technology in developing, emerging and transition economies: An assessment of research

15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages 5281-5288

  Roztocki, Narcyz ^a   Weistroffer, Heinz Roland ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing economies; Emerging economies; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; DRIVING FORCES; ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION; EMERGING ECONOMIES; IN-BUILDINGS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEM RESEARCH; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; TOPIC AREAS; TRANSITION ECONOMY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84870332733     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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