The economics of the Internet of Things in the Global South

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 311-339

  Kshetri, Nir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Global South; institutional bottlenecks; Internet of Things; micro insurance; sensors; telemedicine and remote patient monitoring

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INTERNET; SENSOR;

EID: 84978708940     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2016.1191942     Document Type: Article

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