Review of corporate digital divide research: A decadal analysis (2003-2012)

International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 41-55

  Bach, Mirjana Pejić ^a   Zoroja, Jovana ^a   Vukšić, Vesna Bosilj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Corporations; Digital divide; ICT; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919471863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21827788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12821/ijispm010403     Document Type: Review

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