Determinants of the diffusion of U.S. digital telecommunications

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 249-261

  Shampine, Allan ^a  

^a Lexecon Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Diffusion; Innovation; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035531678     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00003861     Document Type: Article

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