Examining broadband adoption factors: An empirical analysis between countries

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Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-39

  Lee, Sangwon ^a   Brown, Justin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband networks; Communication technologies

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; POLICY MAKING; POLICY STRATEGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERVICE PROVISION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY POLICY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 38549139047     PISSN: 14636697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636690810850148     Document Type: Article

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