Inter and intra firm diffusion of ict in the United Kingdom (UK) and Switzerland (CH) an internationally comparative study based on firm-level data

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 669-687

  Battisti, Giuliana ^a   Hollenstein, Heinz ^b   Stoneman, Paul ^c   Woerter, Martin ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ict and e business activities; International comparison; Technological diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649116013     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590600984026     Document Type: Article

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