Institutional intervention and the expansion of ICTs in Latin America:The case of Chile

Information Technology & People

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 8-25

  Silva, Leiser ^a   Eugenio, Figueroa B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chile; Communications technology; Information technology; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986015041     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840210421499     Document Type: Article

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