Cities in the developing world: Linking global and local networks

Information Technology & People

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 273-286

  Madon, Shirin ^a   Sahay, Sundeep ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Globalization; India; Local area networks; Network organization; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986161487     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005832     Document Type: Article

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