He came, he saw, (and) he waited: An empirical analysis of inertia in technology adoption

Applied Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 893-905

  Dong, Diansheng ^a,b   Saha, Atanu ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Micronomics   (United States)

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EID: 0346429909     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368498325327     Document Type: Article

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