Impact of international information technology transfer on national productivity

Information Systems Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-102

  Park, Jungsoo ^a   Shin, Seung Kyoon ^b   Sanders, G Lawrence ^c  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology; Innovative capacity; International IT diffusion; IT infrastructure; Knowledge transfer; National productivity; Openness

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INNOVATIVE CAPACITY; IT DIFFUSION; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; OPENNESS;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 34247501811     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1070.0116     Document Type: Article

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