The growth of broadband and electronic commerce in South Korea: Contributing factors

Information Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-93

  Lee, Heejin ^a   O'Keefe, Robert M ^b   Yun, Kyounglim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL); Broadband Internet; Cable modems; Electronic commerce; Infrastructure competition; Internet diffusion; Last mile; PC Bang; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037242319     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240309470     Document Type: Article

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