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Maturation Stage of eCommerce in Developing Countries: A Survey of South African Companies 电子商务在发展中国家的成熟阶段:对南非公司的调查
Information Technologies & International Development Pub Date : 2004-09-01 DOI: 10.1162/1544752043971152
Ph. D. Alemayehu Molla, P. Licker
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引用次数: 43
eChoupals: A Study on the Financial Sustainability of Village Internet Centers in Rural Madhya Pradesh eChoupals:中央邦乡村互联网中心财务可持续性研究
Information Technologies & International Development Pub Date : 2004-09-01 DOI: 10.1162/1544752043971161
Richa Kumar
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引用次数: 151
Can IT Start-Ups Slay Telecommunication Incumbents? Stories of David versus Goliath IT初创企业能否击败电信巨头?大卫与歌利亚的故事
Information Technologies & International Development Pub Date : 2004-09-01 DOI: 10.1162/1544752043971189
M. Best, E. J. Wilson
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引用次数: 0
Microentrepreneurs and Mobiles: An Exploration of the Uses of Mobile Phones by Small Business Owners in Rwanda 微型企业家和移动电话:卢旺达小企业主使用移动电话的探索
Information Technologies & International Development Pub Date : 2004-09-01 DOI: 10.1162/1544752043971198
J. Donner
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引用次数: 173
Reading Out of the Idiot Box: Same-Language Subtitling on Television in India 从白痴盒子里读出来:印度电视上的同语言字幕
Information Technologies & International Development Pub Date : 2004-09-01 DOI: 10.1162/1544752043971170
Brij Kothari, Avinash Pandey, A. Chudgar
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引用次数: 83
ICT Development in North Korea: Changes and Challenges 朝鲜的信息通信技术发展:变化与挑战
Information Technologies & International Development Pub Date : 2004-09-01 DOI: 10.1162/1544752043971206
Heejin Lee, J. Hwang
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引用次数: 9
Time To Discuss Core Values of the Information Society 是时候讨论信息社会的核心价值了
Information Technologies & International Development Pub Date : 2004-04-01 DOI: 10.1162/1544752043557558
S. Hicks
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引用次数: 0
A Growing Community of Interest 不断增长的利益共同体
Information Technologies & International Development Pub Date : 2003-12-01 DOI: 10.1162/154475203771799676
E. J. Wilson, M. Best
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引用次数: 0
A Tale of Paragraph 4: Stating the Obvious at the WSIS 第4段的故事:在WSIS上陈述显而易见的事情
Information Technologies & International Development Pub Date : 2003-04-01 DOI: 10.1162/1544752043557369
Seán Ó Siochrú
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引用次数: 2
Toward Tunis: Suggested Next Steps 对突尼斯:建议的下一步行动
Information Technologies & International Development Pub Date : 2003-04-01 DOI: 10.1162/1544752043557378
Sarah S. McCue
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引用次数: 0
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