Adoption of computer based information systems: The case of dairy farmers in Canterbury, NZ, and Florida, Uruguay

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-60

  Alvarez, Jorge ^a   Nuthall, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adoption variables; Computer adoption; Information management; Information systems; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

DAIRY PRODUCTS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ADOPTION VARIABLES; COMPUTER ADOPTION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

PRECISION AGRICULTURE;

EID: 28944436966     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2005.08.013     Document Type: Article

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