The decision to adopt information and communication technologies (ICT): Firm-level evidence for Switzerland

The Economic Impact of ICT: Measurement, Evidence and Implications

Volumn 9789264026780, Issue , 2004, Pages 37-60

  Hollenstein, Heinz ^a,b  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

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EID: 43849103635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1787/9789264026780-4-en     Document Type: Chapter

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