Predictors of downsizingin the U.S. local telephone industry

Information Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-33

  Yoo, Hyun Oh ^a   Mody, Bella ^b  

^a SK Telecom   (South Korea)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digitalization; Downsizing; Employment reduction; Labor demand; Local exchange carriers; Local telephone industry; Technological effect on employment; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033633303     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019722400128301     Document Type: Article

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