The future of the mobile phone Internet: An analysis of technological trajectories and lead users in the Japanese market

Technology in Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-83

  Funk, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Internet; Mobile phones; Technological trajectories

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MAIL; INTERNET; MARKETING; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

MOBILE INTRANET; MOBILE MARKETING; MOBILE PHONES; MULTI-CHANNEL SHOPPING;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FUTURE PROSPECT; INTERNET; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 11044220598     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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