The emergence of clusters in the global telecommunications network

Journal of Communication

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-434

  Lee, Seungyoon ^a   Monge, Peter ^a,b   Bar, François ^a   Matei, Sorin Adam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE NETWORK;

EID: 34547886879     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2007.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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