Objectives, obstacles and drivers of ICT adoption: What do IT managers perceive?

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-242

  Corrocher, Nicoletta ^a,c   Fontana, Roberto ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Innovation; LAN equipment; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY;

COST STRUCTURES; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; FIRM SIZE; INNOVATION; LAN EQUIPMENT; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; NETWORK EFFECTS; SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

MANAGERS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORPORATE STRATEGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 49749129221     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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