Assessing the UK policies for broadband adoption

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 297-308

  Choudrie, Jyoti ^a   Papazafeiropoulou, Anastasia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broadband; Demand pull; Institutional theory; IT diffusion and adoption; Supply push; UK

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; DATA TRANSFER; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 34250180539     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-006-9022-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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