Exploring the role of government in information technology diffusion: An empirical study of IT usage in Shanghai firms

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 235, Issue , 2007, Pages 393-407

  Zhang, Cheng ^a   Cui, Lili ^a   Huang, Lihua ^a   Zhang, Chenghong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Government; Institutional theory; IT adoption; TOE framework

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; PUBLIC POLICY;

GOVERNMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY USAGES; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; IT ADOPTION; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; TECHNOLOGY-ORGANIZATION-ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORKS; TOE FRAMEWORK;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34547901777     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72804-9_26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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