Even much needed standards can fail - The case of e-mail

Journal of the Communications Network

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-99

  Jakobs, Kai ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKET ACCEPTANCE; PARADIGM SHIFT;

MARKETING; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 33845567894     PISSN: 14774739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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