Utilising the internet to improve peasant artisan incomes: Evidence from Mexico

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 328, Issue , 2010, Pages 292-309

  Dobson, John ^a   Duncombe, Richard ^b   Nicholson, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing economies; Development; Handicrafts; ICT; Innovation; Internet; Livelihoods and markets; New institutional economics

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INTERNET; NETWORK SECURITY; RETAIL STORES;

BUSINESS TO BUSINESS; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HANDICRAFTS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 85032368380     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15479-9_28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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