Information technology and rural development: unique opportunity or potential threat?*
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Entrepreneurship & Regional Development
- Vol. 6 (3) , 219-237
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08985629400000013
Abstract
The less deterministic view of the potential contribution of information technology to rural development suggests a range of possible outcomes including centralization and decentralization. Evidence from the Republic of Ireland indicates a weak trend towards rural areas benefiting from the new technologies, and an expansion of the information economy in the urban core.Keywords
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