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Information and Communication Technology in Sudan

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The aim of this chapter is to give a background and a brief general overview of the research problem and to briefly show the importance, relevance, objectives, hypotheses and general structure of the research.

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    See for instance, Durrant (2004); Beebe et al. (2003); Olukoshi and Zeleza (2004); Radwan (2003); Thairu (2003); Oyeyinka and Adeya (2003); Massingue (2003); Adei (2003); Mutagahywa (2003) and Mwenechanya (2003).

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  1. Department of Economics, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

    Samia Mohamed Nour

  2. UNU-MERIT - School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Samia Mohamed Nour

  3. Department of Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Samia Mohamed Nour

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Mohamed Nour, S. (2015). General Introduction. In: Information and Communication Technology in Sudan. Contributions to Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13999-9_1

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