Understanding the drivers of broadband adoption: The case of rural and remote Scotland

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1299-1311

  Howick, S ^a   Whalley, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broadband; Causal diagrams; Rural and remote Scotland; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

BROADBAND; CAUSAL DIAGRAM; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; QUANTITATIVE SIMULATION; RURAL AND REMOTE AREAS; SCOTLAND; SOCIO-ECONOMIC BENEFITS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 51349142567     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602486     Document Type: Article

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