The economics of the Internet of Things in the Global South.
While the Internet of Things (IoT) is not new, its key components are becoming increasingly affordable now, which makes the technology extremely attractive for the Global South. By collecting data from various IoT sources, combining them with data from other sources and using big data analytics, dec...
| Publicado en: | Third World Quarterly Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 311 - 340 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2017
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