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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826989303321

Titolo

Gender and information systems / / guest editors, Alison Adam, Debra Howcroft and Helen Richardson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2002

ISBN

1-280-47919-1

9786610479191

1-84544-666-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (93 p.)

Collana

Information technology & people ; ; v.15, no. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

AdamAlison

HowcroftDebra

RichardsonHelen

Disciplina

303.4834

Soggetti

Information technology - Social aspects

Women's studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Editorial board; Abstracts and keywords; Guest editorial; Odd girl out; Woman and information systems development; Making nursing visible?; Computers in the home: domestication and gender; Book review; Internet review

Sommario/riassunto

The last few decades have shown a remarkable reappraisal of the small business sector. Since the 1970's, the gloomy orthodoxy notwithstanding, a large number of people have set up shop and managed to survive in an increasingly global economy. Their role in the economy has been publicly acknowledged by now, as has been amply demonstrated by the drastic liberalization of their regulatory environment.