Urbanisation and megacities in developing countries: The management challenge

Information Technology in Context: Studies from the Perspective of Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 220-233

  Madon, Shirin ^a   Sahay, Sundeep ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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