Imagining a silicon savannah? Technological and conceptual connectivity in kenya's BPO and software development sectors

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Graham, Mark ^a   Mann, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84876721108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2013.tb00396.x     Document Type: Article

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