Exploring the Tension between Modernization and the Deployment of Information and Communication Technologies in Developing Countries: A Case Study of the XO Laptop

Using the XO laptop as a case study, this project explores the tension, if any, between modernization and the diffusion of information and communication technologies in developing countries. Modernization, the diffusion of innovation, and Burniske's (2003) chain of doing serve as theoretical fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Khoury, Cathy
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Ottawa (Canada) 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/28649
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-12645