Determinants of the adoption of Information Technology: A case study of electrical and electronic goods manufacturing firms in India

Research Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 667-680

  Lal, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

Author keywords

Degree of adoption; Entrepreneurship; Information Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001751240     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00014-1     Document Type: Article

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