Infrastructure: A nebulous and overworked construct?

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 12, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 696-703

  Lamberton, Donald M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information; Infrastructure; Organizational capital; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL CAPITAL;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

PUBLIC WORKS;

EID: 0030399446     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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