How can information and communication technology bring about development? An information architecture for guiding interventions in developing regions

15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 1557-1566

  Kamal, Mehruz ^a   Qureshi, Sajda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Economic; Human; Information architecture; Interventions; Social; Zachman framework

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; TELEMEDICINE;

DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION ARCHITECTURES; INTERVENTIONS; SOCIAL; ZACHMAN FRAMEWORK;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870851016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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