IT as an institutional actor in developing countries

The Digital Challenge: Information Technology in the Development Context

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 46-62

  Avgerou, Chrisanthi ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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