Broadband and mobile opportunities: A socio-technical perspective

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-136

  Sawyer, Steve ^a   Allen, J P ^b   Lee, Heejin ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTERNET; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

SOCIO-TECHNICAL MODELS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0141495404     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268396032000101171     Document Type: Review

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