Waves of change in adopting the Internet:Lessons from four Latin American countries

Information Technology & People

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-260

  Montealegre, Ramiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Information technology; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133652     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593849810228039     Document Type: Article

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