Environmental and organizational drivers influencing the adoption of VoIP

Information Systems and e-Business Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-118

  Basaglia, Stefano ^a   Caporarello, Leonardo ^a   Magni, Massimo ^a   Pennarola, Ferdinando ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Efficient choice; Institutional perspective; Intention to adopt; Management fashion; Technology adoption; VoIP

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049119368     PISSN: 16179846     EISSN: 16179854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10257-008-0077-1     Document Type: Article

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