Time of technology adoption and learning by using

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-154

  McWilliams, Bruce ^a   Zilbermanfr, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Learning by using; Time of adoption; Tobit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011299182     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599600000005     Document Type: Article

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