The rise and fall of high definition television: The impact of European technology policy

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-166

  Dai, Xiudian ^a   Cawson, Alan ^b   Holmes, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040525098     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.1996.tb00567.x     Document Type: Article

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