E-government in the Arabian Gulf: a vision toward reality

Electronic Government

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-299

  Kostopoulos, George K ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Bahrain; digital divide; e government; Kuwait; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969451564     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2004.005553     Document Type: Article

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