Defining a smart nation: the case of Singapore

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 323-333

  Hoe, Siu Loon ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Big data; Collaboration; Digital technology; Government; Innovation; Smart cities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996879815     PISSN: 1477996X     EISSN: 17588871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JICES-02-2016-0005     Document Type: Article

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