Factors and sustainable strategies fostering the adoption of broadband communications in an enlarged European Union

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 933-951

  Turk, Tomaž ^a   Jerman Blažič, Borka ^b   Trkman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Broadband adoption; European Union; Factor analysis; Service usage; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PLANNING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BROADBAND ADOPTION; BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS; E SERVICES; EUROPEAN; EUROPEAN UNION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR; MEMBER STATES; SERVICE USAGE; SOCIAL COHESION; SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES;

TECHNOLOGY;

ACCESSIBILITY; APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY; BROADBAND DATA; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; E-COMMERCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 49649104079     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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