Network subscription and services usage in European telecommunications industries

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-50

  Garrone, Paola ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multiproduct economies; Telecommunications; Vertical organization

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY CHANGE; INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY; NETWORK SUBSCRIPTION; SERVICE USAGE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0029774038     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6245(95)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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