An examination of factors contributing to South Korea's global leadership in broadband adoption

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 22, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 349-359

  Lau, T Y ^a   Kim, Si Wook ^a   Atkin, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband adoption; Information strategies; South Korea

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MARKETING; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

BROADBAND ADOPTION; GLOBAL LEADERSHIP; INFORMATION STRATEGIES; SERVICE PROVIDERS; SOUTH KOREA;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 20444481724     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2004.11.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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