TY  - BOOK
AU  - Krishna,S.
AU  - Madon,Shirin
TI  - The digital challenge: information technology in the development context 
T2  - Voices in development management
SN  - 0754634450
AV  - T14.5 .D56 2003
U1  - 303.4833091724 21
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - Aldershot, Hants, England, Burlington, VT, USA
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - Communication
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Information society
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; List of Figures --; List of Tables --; List of Contributors --; Preface --; Introduction: Challenges of IT in the Development Context --; 1; Taking Culture Seriously: ICTs Culture and Development --; 2; Knowledge Perspectives on ICT and Development: What the Theory of Knowledge can Add --; 3; IT as an Institutional Actor in Developing Countries --; 4; ICT and Development: East is East and West is West and the Twain may yet Meet --; 5; Research Methodologies for Information Systems in the Development Context: A Tutorial --; 6; Information Systems in Global Organizations: Unpacking 'Culture' --; 7; Information Village: Bridging the Digital Divide in Rural India --; 8; Sustainable Telecentres? Two Cases from India --; 9; An Investigation into Community Development Imperatives at a Rural South African Community Education Center --; 10; Using Health Information for Local Action: Facilitating Organisational Change in South Africa --; 11; Information and Communications Technology for Poverty Reduction in Rural India --; 12; Critical View of E-Governance Challenges for Developing Countries --; 13; The Development of an Information System for District Hospitals - A Case Study from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa --; 14; Book Towns and the Network Society: New Perspectives on Developing Rural Enterprises --; 15; Mobile Commerce as a Solution to the Global Digital Divide: Selected Cases of E- Development --; 16; ICT Networking in Vietnam: The Limitations of an Information Needs Assessment --; 17; Strategic and Institutional Response to the Digital Challenge: A Perspective on how Global IT Trends are Expressed in Developing Countries --; 18; Mapping the Micro-Foundations of Informational Development: Linking Software Processes, Products and Industries to Global Trends --; 19; Risky Business: A Case Study on Information Systems Development in Nigeria --; 20; Nurturing a Software Industry in Kerala --; 21; The Globalization of Software Outsourcing to Dozens of Nations: A Preliminary Analysis of the Emergence of 3rd and 4th Tier Software Exporting Nations
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