Determinants of the adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) An empirical analysis based on firm-level data for the Swiss business sector

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-342

  Hollenstein, Heinz ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

"New Workplace Organisation"; Complementarity of ICT and organisation; Information and Communication Technologies (ICT); Rank and epidemic model of adoption; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 4344642519     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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