The diffusion of ADSL and costs of switching Internet providers in the broadband industry: Evidence from the French case

Research Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 706-719

  Krafft, Jackie ^a   Salies, Evens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b OFCE   (France)

Author keywords

Consumers' switching costs; Diffusion; Evolution of industries; Regulation and competition policies; Technological inertia

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INTERNET; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

CONSUMERS' SWITCHING COSTS; EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRIES; REGULATION AND COMPETITION POLICIES; TECHNOLOGICAL INERTIA;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 41749111976     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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