Information technology and rural development: Unique opportunity or potential threat? *

Seamus Grimest; Gerry Lyonsj

doi:10.1080/08985629400000013

Information technology and rural development: Unique opportunity or potential threat? *

Seamus Grimest
, Gerry Lyonsj

University of Galway

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	219-237
Number of pages	19
Journal	Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
Volume	6
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08985629400000013
Publication status	Published - 1994
Externally published	Yes

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Information technology
Rural periphery
The Irish development model

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