The Emergence of Self-Organizing E-Commerce Ecosystems in Remote Villages of China: A Tale of Digital Empowerment for Rural Development

The emergence of Alibaba’s Taobao (e-commerce) Villages in remote China has challenged the assumption that rural, underserved communities must always be the recipients of aid to stimulate ICT-enabled development. Based on an in-depth case study of two remote villages in China, this research note sho...

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Published in:MIS quarterly 2016-06, Vol.40 (2), p.475-484
Main Authors: Leong, Carmen, Pan, Shan L., Newell, Sue, Cui, Lili
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Electronic commerce
Empowerment
Research Notes
Rural areas
Rural development
Social exclusion
Studies
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