Inter- and intra-firm diffusion of technology: The example of E-commerce. An analysis based on Swiss firm-level data

Research Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 545-564

  Hollenstein, Heinz ^a,b   Woerter, Martin ^a  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

E commerce; E purchasing versus E selling; Inter firm versus intra firm diffusion; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

E-PURCHASING; E-SELLING; INTER-FIRM VERSUS INTRA-FIRM DIFFUSION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 40649116367     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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