Digital divide initiative success in developing countries: A longitudinal field study in a village in India

Information Systems Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 239-260

  Venkatesh, Viswanath ^a   Sykes, Tracy Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Economic benefits; Internet kiosk; System use; Technology adoption; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; RURAL AREAS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

DIGITAL DIVIDE; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; SYSTEM USE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84878877504     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1110.0409     Document Type: Article

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