A functional approach for studying technological progress: Application to information technology

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1061-1083

  Koh, Heebyung ^a   Magee, Christopher L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional category; Information technology; Technological progress; Tradeoff metrics

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

FUNCTIONAL CATEGORY; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS; TRADEOFF METRICS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

DATABASE; FORECASTING METHOD; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 33845261836     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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